#atlasrocket — Public Fediverse posts
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@torybruno In the Great Hall of rockets: 6 boosters in final assembly
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A view of United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility at Cape #Canaveral Air Force Station with an #Atlas V #rocket with the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or #RBSP probes, later renamed the Van Allen #probes, to study the Earth’s magnetic field.
The #AtlasV is on its Mobile Launch Platform and is preparing to be rolled out to its launch pad at LC-41.Get a print or other merchandise of this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-rbsp-waiting-inside-vif-heron-and-fox.html
#AtlasVrocket, #AtlasRocket, #LC41, #RadiationBeltStormProbes, #VanAllenProbes, #NASA, #Photography
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A view of United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility at Cape #Canaveral Air Force Station with an #Atlas V #rocket with the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or #RBSP probes, later renamed the Van Allen #probes, to study the Earth’s magnetic field.
The #AtlasV is on its Mobile Launch Platform and is preparing to be rolled out to its launch pad at LC-41.Get a print or other merchandise of this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-rbsp-waiting-inside-vif-heron-and-fox.html
#AtlasVrocket, #AtlasRocket, #LC41, #RadiationBeltStormProbes, #VanAllenProbes, #NASA, #Photography
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A view of United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility at Cape #Canaveral Air Force Station with an #Atlas V #rocket with the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or #RBSP probes, later renamed the Van Allen #probes, to study the Earth’s magnetic field.
The #AtlasV is on its Mobile Launch Platform and is preparing to be rolled out to its launch pad at LC-41.Get a print or other merchandise of this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-rbsp-waiting-inside-vif-heron-and-fox.html
#AtlasVrocket, #AtlasRocket, #LC41, #RadiationBeltStormProbes, #VanAllenProbes, #NASA, #Photography
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A view of United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility at Cape #Canaveral Air Force Station with an #Atlas V #rocket with the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or #RBSP probes, later renamed the Van Allen #probes, to study the Earth’s magnetic field.
The #AtlasV is on its Mobile Launch Platform and is preparing to be rolled out to its launch pad at LC-41.Get a print or other merchandise of this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-rbsp-waiting-inside-vif-heron-and-fox.html
#AtlasVrocket, #AtlasRocket, #LC41, #RadiationBeltStormProbes, #VanAllenProbes, #NASA, #Photography
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The #Atlas launch vehicle has evolved over the many years. The first Atlas SM-65 was a nuclear missile modified to launch spacecraft. Upper stages were added like Agena and Centaur.
The #skin of the #AtlasRocket was made of stainless #steel and thinner than a US #dime. The tanks could not support their own weight and had to be pressurized with gas to prevent them from crumpling.
This was true from Atlas, to Atlas-Centaur, to Atlas I, Atlas IIAS, and Atlas III.
The #AtlasV’s skin is made of isogrid aluminum; this being a type of machined aluminum that removed triangular sections from the inside of the tank walls, saving weight while preserving strength.
A copper-colored outer cladding is added.Get a print or other merchandise with this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/modern-atlas-skin-heron-and-fox.html
#EvolvedExpendableLaunchVehicle, #EELV, #AtlasVRocket, #Photography,
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#NASA’s #MSL #Curiosity #rover was sent to #Mars aboard a #ULA #Atlas V #rocket in its 541 configuration. This meant that the rocket flew with a 5 meter diameter fairing, 4 solid rocket boosters, and a single engine on its #Centaur upper stage.
In the 5 meter fairing version, the Centaur is encapsulated in the payload fairing along with the payload.
Painted on the fairing are the logos for the #AtlasProgram and the United Launch Alliance, as well as the #US flag and the serial number, AV-028.
#MarsScienceLaboratory, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5, #AtlasV, #MarsRover, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
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#NASA’s #MSL #Curiosity #rover was sent to #Mars aboard a #ULA #Atlas V #rocket in its 541 configuration. This meant that the rocket flew with a 5 meter diameter fairing, 4 solid rocket boosters, and a single engine on its #Centaur upper stage.
In the 5 meter fairing version, the Centaur is encapsulated in the payload fairing along with the payload.
Painted on the fairing are the logos for the #AtlasProgram and the United Launch Alliance, as well as the #US flag and the serial number, AV-028.
#MarsScienceLaboratory, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5, #AtlasV, #MarsRover, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-5-meter-fairing-neck-heron-and-fox.html -
#NASA’s #MSL #Curiosity #rover was sent to #Mars aboard a #ULA #Atlas V #rocket in its 541 configuration. This meant that the rocket flew with a 5 meter diameter fairing, 4 solid rocket boosters, and a single engine on its #Centaur upper stage.
In the 5 meter fairing version, the Centaur is encapsulated in the payload fairing along with the payload.
Painted on the fairing are the logos for the #AtlasProgram and the United Launch Alliance, as well as the #US flag and the serial number, AV-028.
#MarsScienceLaboratory, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5, #AtlasV, #MarsRover, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-5-meter-fairing-neck-heron-and-fox.html -
#NASA’s #MSL #Curiosity #rover was sent to #Mars aboard a #ULA #Atlas V #rocket in its 541 configuration. This meant that the rocket flew with a 5 meter diameter fairing, 4 solid rocket boosters, and a single engine on its #Centaur upper stage.
In the 5 meter fairing version, the Centaur is encapsulated in the payload fairing along with the payload.
Painted on the fairing are the logos for the #AtlasProgram and the United Launch Alliance, as well as the #US flag and the serial number, AV-028.
#MarsScienceLaboratory, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5, #AtlasV, #MarsRover, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-5-meter-fairing-neck-heron-and-fox.html