The U.S. Air Force’s last Titan rocket successfully launched from Vandenberg ... The Titan 4, representing the end of the evolutionary line, was used almost exclusively for launching the biggest ...

The sleek Titan II missile launched ... and oxidizer flowing. Once the rocket got flying, the exhaust gases were directed such that they drove the turbo pump assembly to keep the fuel and oxidizer ...

A "new" old rocket sprouted ... also mirrors all the Gemini-Titan launch vehicles launched during the mid-1960s program. "We modeled it off of Gemini 3 but if you line up Gemini boosters across ...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — For the 368th and last time, the United States launched a Titan rocket into space Wednesday. The blastoff of the 16-story, unmanned Titan IV signaled the end of an ...

America’s newest and biggest unmanned rocket ... a long line of successes in earlier versions. “The first (launch) is kind of tough,” said Air Force Lt. Col. Ev Thomas, Titan launch squadron ...

For every space flight that’s ever gone smoothly, there are dozens of botched missions that remind us how fine the line is between ... aftermath. The Titan IV rocket was the last Titan model ...

A"new" old rocket sprouted on ... also mirrors all the Gemini-Titan launchvehicleslaunched during the mid-1960s program. "Wemodeled it off of Gemini 3 but if you line up Gemini boosters acrossand ...

An unmanned Titan IV rocket carrying a top-secret spy satellite exploded yesterday moments after launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in what civilian space experts said may be the ...