Watch the Atlas V rocket launch | Rated Red

Happy 60th anniversary to the mighty Atlas rocket! With 60 years of history, the Atlas rocket has an array of unique missions. Did you know the Atlas rocket carried the first communications satellite with a message of peace from President Eisenhower? Or that the Atlas rocket launched John Glenn into orbit? Check out this new video for a snapshot of Atlas over the years. #Atlas60 | United Launch Alliance

The Atlas V rocket, standing nearly 20 stories tall aboard the mobile launch platform, traveled to its seaside launch pad today at Cape Canaveral. United Launch Alliance is preparing to launch the second batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper just after sunrise Monday at 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 UTC). Live updates and webcast: bit.ly/av_kuiper2 | United Launch Alliance

Mercury-Redstone // First USA Crewed Mission // Spaceflight Simulator

On March 24, 1961, NASA's Mercury Redstone rocket launched on its last uncrewed flight before it started sending astronauts into space. The mission was known as the Mercury Redstone | Space.com

#OTD On this day (November 21) in 1960, Mercury-Redstone 1 took a four-inch flight - the Redstone rocket's engines fired enough to lift it about four inches before the engines cut out. The vehicle came back to a vertical resting position on the launch pad. The engine failure automatically activated the escape tower system, but it left the uncrewed capsule behind. Read more about what initially seemed like a huge blow to the Mercury program here, in this excerpt from the NASA History publication