LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS! On April 9 at 12:53 p.m. ET, the Delta program, spanning 60 years, came to a close with the launch of the final United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying NROL-70 for the National Reconnaissance Office. Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3vQRUmh | United Launch Alliance

August 26th - on this day in 1998, the first The Boeing Company Delta III 8930 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Depsite being an inaugural flight, the rocket carried a customer payload, the Galaxy 10 communications satellite. Within the first minute of flight, a slow oscillating roll developed, which the rocket's control system tried to correct. However, it instead contributed to the situation and in the end expended the hydraulic flui

Watch the United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy-lift rocket launch the classified NROL-70 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex-37 on April 9 at 12:53 p.m. EDT. Standing at 233 feet tall and generating 2.1 million pounds of thrust, this powerful rocket, consisting of three Common Booster Cores, undergoes a dramatic stage separation. As the central core and side boosters detach, the rocket continues its journey, showcasing the precision and reliability that make Delta IV Heavy a key