RD-180
United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 rocket, powered by the Russian RD-180 engine, is prepared to launch Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo tug.

The White House said June 7 it would veto the Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the defense authorization bill for 2017, citing its objections to several military space sections of the bill, including four launch related provisions.

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Mike Gruss is the chief content and strategy officer at SpaceNews. From 2013 to 2016 he was a senior reporter at SpaceNews covering military space. Previously, he was editor in chief of Sightline Media Group and worked as a reporter and columnist for...