Although this particular engine was new, the design dated back ... and the RD-180 successfully launched an Atlas III rocket in May of 2000. Thanks for the tip, [M]! Retrotechtacular is a column ...

The final nail in the Atlas V’s coffin has nothing to do with how much money it takes to put a payload into orbit, but everything to do with the engines the rocket uses to do it. Since the ...

The research and production association Energomash (an affiliate of Roscosmos) has successfully tested the rocket engines RD-180 and RD-191 for the United States’ rockets of the Atlas family and ...

and the Delta Heavy with the new Vulcan rocket. The Atlas series uses Russian-made RD-180 engines. Vulcan uses American-made hardware, including Blue Origin and Aerojet Rocketdyne engines.

MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. The United States plans to continue using Russian RD-180 rocket engines for its Atlas launch vehicles, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations William ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...