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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS, December 10, 2003 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials announced today the successful rollout and vehicle erection of the first Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle at Space Launch Complex (SLC) 37 pad ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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) ...

Update, 3:25 p.m.: The Delta IV Heavy rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Update, 3:20 p.m.: The mission director gave the final go for launch after all parties had check in with “go” ...