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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket has entered the final preparation phase ahead of the Mars 2020 mission in which NASA’s Perseverance rover will conduct a probe of the Martian surface to support planetary research.

Northrop Grumman has supplied three graphite epoxy motors to United Launch Alliance for installation on the Atlas V rocket as part of a cooperative agreement between the two companies.

United Launch Alliance has delivered its Atlas V rocket to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in preparation for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission in the coming weeks, NASA Spaceflight reported Monday.

United Launch Alliance has begun final assembly activities for its Atlas V rocket that will carry Boeing’s X-37B orbital test vehicle for a U.S. Space Force mission scheduled for May 16, NASA Spaceflight reported Thursday.

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V vehicle has sent the sixth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to orbit as part of the U.S. Space Force’s efforts to support military communications around the world. 

United Launch Alliance is set to lift off a Lockheed Martin-built military communications satellite aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday, Satnews reported Monday.

The U.S. Space Force and United Launch Alliance have integrated the latest Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite onto the latter’s Atlas V rocket ahead of its launch on March 21, Spaceflight Now reported Thursday.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has incorporated a vacuum chamber casting into its Camden, N.J.-based engineering, manufacturing and development facility to support production efforts for large solid rocket motors.

United Launch Alliance has launched a new multinational space mission that aims to support observations and studies of the Sun.

Boeing and NASA are creating a joint investigation team to assess a mission timing anomaly and other issues encountered during the first unmanned orbital test flight of the CST-100 Starliner crew capsule.

Boeing plans to continue processing and assessment activities for the CST-100 Starliner capsule following timer issues during its disrupted orbital test flight to the International Space Station, Space News reported Sunday.

United Launch Alliance is preparing to test-fly a Boeing-made spacecraft designed for crewed space transport.

Boeing has named the test dummy that will ride aboard the company’s CST-100 Starliner crew capsule as part of the spacecraft’s maiden orbital flight test, Florida Today reported Thursday. The mannequin “Rosie the Astronaut” was named after “Rosie the Riveter,” a World War II icon that represented female assembly line workers who helped produce weapons and other equipment during the war.

Aerojet Rocketdyne delivered propulsion systems to support the U.S. Air Force’s deployment of a Lockheed Martin-built communications satellite.

Boeing plans to move the first uncrewed test flight of its CST-100 Starliner capsule to the International Space Station to September, Click Orlando reported Saturday.