The storied career of the Delta family of rockets had to wait a little longer than planned to turn the page on its final chapter, but the last of its kind lifted off on the Space Coast on April 9. A ...

I've got a guilty secret that I can now share—I loved the Delta IV Heavy rocket. No, I didn't love the price, which was preposterous, at times approaching $400 million. This precluded Delta from ...

We have several missions coming up next week, but what is really interesting in this installment of This Week in Rocket Launches is the recap section, where you’ll find a video of the last ever United ...

United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket launched for the final time on Tuesday, bringing an end to six decades of service by the Delta family of rockets. The Delta IV Heavy, which first flew in ...

ULA hoped to launch its last Delta mission last month, but there was an issue with the gaseous nitrogen pipeline which provides pneumatic pressure to the launch vehicle. There was no such issue today, ...

Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., (Jan. 17, 2009) – United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex ...

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 9:15 a.m. EDT today. Designated ...

After waiting almost two weeks, the Delta IV Heavy launched on its farewell flight Tuesday, giving spectators one final show. The wait, for many, was worth it. As the rocket rose into the sky, cheers, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United Launch Alliance's (ULA's) Delta IV heavy-lift rocket launched the NROL-70 mission from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After six decades of launches, the liftoff of the last-ever Delta rocket on Tuesday (April 9) ...