A NASA satellite designed to precisely measure changes in Earth’s ice sheets, ... NASA launches satellite to map Earth’s ice sheets By . ... The first Delta 2 lifted off on Feb. 14, ...

Some commenters have raised a very reasonable question: Why doesn't NASA just human rate an expendable launch vehicle like the Atlas V or the Delta IV? It seems reasonable because they fly all the ...

The last United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on Sept. 15, 2018.

This NASA photo released on Jan 29, 2015, a worker preparing the launch gantry to be rolled back from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP ...

The Delta II will launch the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) from Space Launch Complex ... Boeing director of NASA expendable launch program.

NASA kicked off its ICESat-2 mission to monitor our planet's ice sheets with a launch that marked the end of a 30-year run for the Delta 2 rocket.

PARIS — TheU.S.-European Jason-2 ocean altimetry satellite was launched successfully June20 aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on afive-year mission to continue the ...