Delta IV program News Archive

Boeing Completes First Delta IV West Coast Launch
Posted on: Wed Jun 28th, 2006 | boeing.com

St. Louis, June 27, 2006 -- Boeing completed the first flight of a Delta IV rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., today with the successful launch of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite, NROL-22. The launch is the first West Coast mission completed for the U.S. Air Force Evol...

The case for smaller launch vehicles in human space exploration (part 1)
Posted on: Tue Jan 3rd, 2006 | thespacereview.com

One of the cornerstones of NASA’s exploration plans is the development of a shuttle-derived heavy-lift launch vehicle. In the first of a two-part report, Grant Bonin makes the case for abandoning that effort in favor of multiple launches of smaller rockets.

TSR: Can NASA keep its side of the trans-Potomac bargain?
Posted on: Mon Sep 26th, 2005 | thespacereview.com

An agreement last month between NASA and the Defense Department clears the way for NASA to develop shuttle-derived launch vehicles while making greater use of the EELV. Taylor Dinerman reports that some in the DoD are concerned that NASA won’t live up to its end of the deal...

Next generation will alter Kennedy Space Center
Posted on: Mon Aug 29th, 2005 | usatoday.com

CAPE CANAVERAL — U.S. astronauts will launch to the moon on sleek, single, shuttle booster rockets and the first new upper-stage rocket this country has developed in more than a decade, NASA and the Pentagon have told the White House.

Scrub Delays Delta 4 Launch Until October
Posted on: Wed Aug 17th, 2005 | space.com

CAPE CANAVERAL—A Boeing Delta 4 rocket launch was called off late in the countdown Tuesday evening during a second attempt to launch a weather satellite.