After a historic run that saw it remain America’s largest rocket before the launch of the Space Launch System (SLS), the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) iconic Delta IV Heavy rocket took to the skies for the last time earlier today from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The rocket, perhaps best known for setting its base on fire before launch to burn propellant, completed 16 launches in its lifetime and launched payloads weighing at least 46,000 pounds to orbit, making the SLS the only rocket to have surpassed it in delivery mass despite the SpaceX Falcon Heavy being […]
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