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"Final Flight: Delta IV Heavy Retires After 64 Years of Space Missions"

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"Final Flight: Delta IV Heavy Retires After 64 Years of Space Missions"
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The Delta IV Heavy rocket made its final flight, successfully launching a top-secret payload for the National Reconnaissance Office before retiring after 16 missions. United Launch Alliance is now focusing on its new Vulcan rocket, while the future of the launch site, SLC-37B, remains uncertain. The next ULA launch will be Boeing's Starliner capsule to the International Space Station.

Topics:top-newsspacetechnology#delta-iv-heavy#national-reconnaissance-office#rocket-launch#space-launch#spacetechnology#united-launch-alliance
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  1. The Delta IV Heavy flies for the final time  TESLARATI
  2. 'Heavy' history: ULA launches final Delta rocket after 64 years (video, photos)  Space.com
  3. Delta rockets retired with launch of US reconnaissance satellite  Reuters
  4. ULA concludes six decades of Delta rocket flights with final Delta 4 Heavy mission – Spaceflight Now  Spaceflight Now
  5. The most metal of rockets has gone into the great mosh pit in the sky  Ars Technica

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