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Denver, CO
Joined March 2009
Separation confirmed! The United Launch Alliance #AtlasV rocket has released the Mars 2020 mission featuring the @NASAPersevere rover on a 7-month, 300-million-mile trek to the red planet. 📸 by ULA
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LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS! 🚀 . On July 30, 2020 at 7:50 a.m. EDT, an #AtlasV 541 lifted the Mars 2020 mission with @NASAPersevere. #CountdownToMars
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The #DeltaIV rocket launches the #GPSIIISV02 Magellan spacecraft!. Photo: United Launch Alliance
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The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket soars from Vandenberg with the marine layer covering the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop. 📸 by ULA.
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MISSION SUCCESS! ULA's #VulcanRocket successfully performed its #Cert1 flight test today! Thank you to the engineers, technicians and teammates across the nation who designed, built and launched this versatile new rocket. ULA success #159.
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To the Moon! 🌕 . #ICPS, built by ULA under a collaborative partnership with @BoeingSpace, is the upper stage of @NASA_SLS that will propel @NASA_Orion to the Moon, forging a new foundation for human deep space exploration. #Artemis
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LAUNCH ALERT: The @45thspacewing Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral forecasts an 80 percent chance of favorable weather for the #AtlasV launch of the Mars 2020 mission on Thursday at 7:50amEDT (1150 UTC). Full details: 📸 by ULA
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Every wonder how mission artwork is painted on the #AtlasV 4-meter payload fairing? Check out this time lapse of artist Dennis DuBose painting the @LucyMission artwork and @NASA logo at our Harlingen, TX facility. #LucyMission
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Welcome to the #VulcanRocket era!. Our official liftoff time was 2:18:38.231 a.m. EST (0718:38.231 UTC), right at the opening of the launch window on the first countdown.
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Spacecraft Separation!.
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Starting off 2020 with a highlight video from the #AtlasV launch of @BoeingSpace's #Starliner Orbital Flight Test!
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The Lucy mission will be historic. It will span 12 years and 4 billion miles to visit 8 asteroids, including 7 Trojan asteroids that may hold the same building blocks that formed the outer planets in the solar system.
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MISSION SUCCESS! United Launch Alliance's #DeltaIV has deployed #GPSIIISV02 Magellan for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Success #135 for ULA @usairforce @AF_SMC @LockheedMartin
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LIFTOFF! . The first remote camera photo of a United Launch Alliance #VulcanRocket heading to space at 2:18 a.m. EST (0718 UTC)!. 📸 credit: United Launch Alliance
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The @blueorigin #BE4 engine for #VulcanCentaur arrived at our Decatur, AL factory. ULA’s next-gen rocket is on track for launch in 2021! #CountdowntoVulcan
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Coming tomorrow: #AtlasV #Starliner launch highlights! Here is a sneak peek of what you can expect.
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Crews gently lift the @BoeingSpace #Starliner spacecraft from its ground transportation to place it atop the ULA #AtlasV rocket for #OFT2 in collaboration with NASA's @Commercial_Crew Program.
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The United Launch Alliance #VulcanRocket lifts off at 7:25 a.m. EDT (1125 UTC) on the second Certification (#Cert2) flight test.
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One more sunset before #AtlasV launches Mars 2020 with the @NASAPersevere rover and Ingenuity helicopter!. Check out more photos from yesterday's roll to pad operations and sunset: #CountdownToMars
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Let’s relive liftoff of the final #DeltaIVHeavy rocket carrying #NROL70 for the @NatReconOfc, closing Delta’s six decade legacy of excellence in space! . #TheDeltaFinale
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Today at Space Launch Complex-41, the #VulcanCentaur pathfinder was filled with liquid oxygen for the first time -- an important milestone in the #CountdowntoVulcan! 📸 by ULA
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Why does the @NASAPersevere rover need our largest payload fairing in the 5-meter configuration? @ToryBruno gives an overview at SLC-41 in the latest #ULARocketTalk! #CountdownToMars
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Congratulations to the @blueorigin team on your successful launch! Those seven mach diamonds stole the show! 🚀💎.
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#ICYMI Another great partnership for ULA and the #VulcanCentaur rocket! @astrobotic chooses ULA’s nex-gen rocket to launch its #PeregrineLander to the moon in 2021!
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ULA's #VulcanRocket first certification mission (#Cert1) is planned to launch on Sunday, Dec. 24, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. #CountdowntoVulcan
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.@astrobotic selects ULA’s next-gen #VulcanCentaur rocket in a competitive commercial procurement to launch its #PeregrineLander to the moon in 2021!
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Separation confirmed! The Peregrine commercial lunar lander, built by @Astrobotic deploys from the #VulcanRocket's Centaur V upper stage and becomes the first mission successfully launched in @NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
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Separation confirmed! The United Launch Alliance #AtlasV has released #Starliner into space for #CFT. The names of Wilmore and Williams now join Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra and Cooper as American astronauts to launch into space atop Atlas rockets.
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LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS! . On Jan. 8, 2024 at 2:18 a.m. ET, ULA marked the beginning of a new era of space capabilities with the successful #VulcanRocket #Cert1 launch from Space Launch Complex-41. Watch on YouTube:
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Launch Replay: The 172-foot-tall (52.4m) #AtlasV N22 rocket with the #Starliner spacecraft ascends from the launch pad as viewed from a camera on the Crew Access Tower.
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Congratulations @NASAPersevere on a successful landing on Mars! Can't wait for you to begin your mission to search for signs of ancient life! #CountdownToMars
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Launch highlights! ULA’s #DeltaIVHeavy blasts off with the #ParkerSolarProbe mission for NASA 🚀🛰☀️
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Separation! #SolarOrbiter has been deployed by the #AtlasV for the European Space Agency and NASA. The spacecraft will spend the next decade make looping orbits around the sun and using 10 instruments to observe solar physics in unprecedented detail.
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ICYMI: @SierraNevCorp has selected ULA’s #VulcanCentaur rocket to launch six #SNCDreamChaser missions to the Space Station.
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🔥 Let's relive that beautiful #VulcanRocket Flight Readiness Firing! #CountdowntoVulcan 🔥
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ICPS, built by ULA under a collaborative partnership with @BoeingSpace, is mounted atop @NASA_SLS rocket to launch the 1st @NASAArtemis mission on a trip around the Moon and forge a new foundation for human deep space exploration. Read more: . 📸: @NASA
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We are counting down to today's launch at 11:12amPDT (2:12pmEDT; 1812 UTC), and all systems are "go" here at #Vandenberg's Remote Launch Control Center and the pad. The #AtlasV guidance system test has started, the next major milestone in the count.
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The #AtlasV rocket and #Starliner emerge from the assembly building as they make their way to the pad for Friday's launch: 📸: United Launch Alliance photo
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ULA Launch Director Tom Heter III has made the decision to the launch team that launch operations will not continue tonight for #AtlasV and #Starliner.
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LAUNCH ALERT! We are 1️⃣ week away from the launch of the first #VulcanRocket, beginning a new generation of rocket launches by ULA for national defense, commercial and civil payloads. Liftoff is next Mon. Jan 8 from Cape Canaveral. #CountdowntoVulcan.
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Feel the heat! The ULA Atlas V 551 leaves the launch pad on 2.6 million pounds of thrust from its kerosene-fueled main engine and five side-mounted solid rocket boosters. 📸 by United Launch Alliance
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In the latest weather briefing, @45thspacewing meteorologists continue to forecast an 80% chance of favorable conditions for liftoff from Cape Canaveral this morning. Weather is good for proceeding into fueling operations.
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What a beauty! The Centaur second stage is in the Delta Operations Center (DOC) ready for processing for our next #AtlasV launch, @BoeingSpace’s #Starliner OFT-2 mission to the @Space_Station, scheduled for July 30.
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At the request of our customer, this will conclude our live coverage of today's countdown and liftoff of the #DeltaIVHeavy rocket on #NROL70 and #TheDeltaFinale from Cape Canaveral, Florida. For the final time, this is Delta Launch Control, signing off.
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The #AtlasV launch team implemented a workaround to resolve the ground instrumentation issue with Centaur topping by switching to redundant circuitry. And with that, approval has been radioed to close the #Starliner hatch for flight.
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Rocket Cam! 🚀. Watch #VulcanRocket take to the sky on its successful #Cert1 flight test!. Watch on YouTube:
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The #DeltaIVHeavy rocket launches from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-6 on the #NROL91 mission.
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Hold. The countdown has been stopped. Safing of the Atlas V, Starliner and launch pad systems is underway.
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Today's #AtlasV test was successfully completed at 1:55pmEDT (1755 UTC). Systems will be safed, cryogenic fuels drained and the rocket allowed to warm up before rollback to the Vertical Integration Facility for Mars 2020 attachment.
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What a sight! Here are the first views of the fully assembled #VulcanRocket atop the launch pad ahead of the #Cert1 launch. Liftoff is planned for Monday at 2:18amEST (0718 UTC) to place a commercial lunar lander on its required flight path to the Moon! #CountdowntoVulcan
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#AtlasV, without the Mars 2020 @NASAPersevere payload, rolls to the pad for its Wet Dress Rehearsal. The countdown demonstration will fuel and test the rocket to ensure systems are ready for the upcoming window when Earth can launch spacecraft to Mars. #CountdownToMars
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Delta IV Heavy heads downrange on 2.1 million pounds (9.4 mega-Newtons) of thrust from its three main engines today.
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In 2016, @NASASolarSystem #OSIRISREx’s historic journey to a near-Earth asteroid began as it lifted off on a ULA #AtlasV. Nearly 5 years later, we wish the spacecraft a safe journey home as it departs #Bennu returning the 1st asteroid sample. #ToBennuandBack #ExplorationEnabled
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ULA's next #DeltaIVHeavy rocket now stands atop Space Launch Complex-6, its West Coast launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket will perform the #NROL82 mission in service to @NatReconOfc later this spring. Learn more:
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Separation confirmed! The United Launch Alliance #AtlasV rocket has released #Starliner into space for #OFT2, a mission to demonstrate the capabilities of @BoeingSpace's crew transportation system in @NASA's @Commercial_Crew Program.
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To the Moon! Congratulations to the @NASA #Artemis team on a successful @NASA_SLS launch, forging a new foundation for human deep space exploration. ULA is proud to be a part of this historic launch, providing the #ICPS upper stage built with @BoeingSpace to propel @NASA_Orion!
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LIFTOFF of the #AtlasV 541 rocket with the Mars 2020 mission. Next stop, the red planet! #CountdownToMars
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Check out our Flickr album for Mars 2020. We've added photos of the #AtlasV rocket rolling out to the launch pad earlier today.
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ULA’s President and CEO @ToryBruno gives an overview at SLC-41 of the amazing Centaur III ahead of the #AtlasV #SBIRSGEO5 launch! Watch below and learn more about the impressive upper stage!
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Hitch a ride into space aboard our #AtlasV N22 rocket! Cameras placed on both stages of the ULA rocket captured these dazzling views during launch of #Starliner for our customer @BoeingSpace to begin the #OFT2 mission as part of @NASA's @Commercial_Crew Program.
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For more than 130 launches, ULA has provided reliable access to space. We are proud to continue this with the #VulcanCentaur rocket, which is purpose built for national security. #ASC19
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Today, ULA celebrates 1️⃣5️⃣ years! Thank you to our employees, customers, suppliers and partners for supporting over 145 launches and 100% mission success, one launch at a time.
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Tuesday's precise liftoff time has been established for #AtlasV to send #Starliner capsule on its journey to the @Space_Station. Based on latest calculations of when the station's orbital plane passes over the pad, launch will occur at 1:20:18 p.m. EDT (1720:18 UTC).
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#VulcanRocket is on the move today in our #CountdowntoVulcan! The #Cert1 rocket is traveling from the Vertical Integration Facility to Space Launch Complex-41 to begin Wet Dress Rehearsal activities that include a practice countdown and fueling exercise.
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The Centaur V upper stage for the inaugural United Launch Alliance #VulcanRocket was integrated atop the booster on Sunday, completing initial buildup for the #Cert1 mission. Read more about this #CountdownToVulcan milestone in the blog:
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.@torybruno gives @smartereveryday a tour of ULA’s Decatur, AL factory! Check out the YouTube link below.
I just uploaded a 50 minute video about how rockets are made in a rocket factory. It's amazing.
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It was an honor having @JimBridenstine at ULA's post-launch meeting this morning. @ToryBruno presented an #AtlasV 541 Mars 2020 rocket model. Congrats to the @NASA, @NASALSP & @ulalaunch teams on a successful launch. Can't wait for @NASAPersevere to land on Mars in Feb!
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The #AtlasV 511 lifts off on 1.2 million pounds (5.5 mega-Newtons) of thrust. Photo by United Launch Alliance
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Hello from Canaveral, FL! The Centaur V upper stage for the #VulcanRocket #Cert1 mission arrived at the launch site today. Thank you #ULARocketShip for the ride! #CountdowntoVulcan
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#VulcanRocket is getting ready to serve the nation! The #USSF106 launch campaign for our third Vulcan mission — and first for @SpaceForceDOD and @USSF_SSC — begins today with the start of stacking operations at the Vertical Integration Facility-G.
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At today's #AtlasV rollout @JimBridenstine, @Dr_ThomasZ and @ToryBruno talked about the Mars 2020 mission with @NASAPersevere and the Atlas V 541 rocket that will launch it to the red planet. "Go Atlas! Go Centaur! Go Perseverance!" #CountdownToMars
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Our official liftoff time of #AtlasV with Mars 2020 was 7:50:00.2 a.m. EDT (1150:00.2 UTC). Live blog wrap up:
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Wondering when and where you may see the #AtlasV #Starliner #OFT2 launch? The visibility map shows your best chances to see the rocket along the eastern seaboard of the U.S.! Launch is scheduled for Fri. at 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 UTC) from Cape Canaveral.
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The countdown is begun for today's launch of the #AtlasV and @NASAPersevere, the most sophisticated rover @NASA has ever sent to Mars. We are targeting 7:50amEDT (1150 UTC) for liftoff from Cape Canaveral. Our live blog is underway from launch control at:
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The United States is going back to Mars, and the powerful #AtlasV rocket that will launch @NASAPersevere rover to the red planet has been assembled for liftoff on July 20. Read our blog about how ULA is preparing to launch #Mars2020:
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MISSION SUCCESS! United Launch Alliance's #AtlasV rocket successfully launched #NROL101 for the @NatReconOfc and @SpaceForceDoD. Success #141 for ULA! Thank you to our customers for the trust they place in us! Read more:
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