From The Archives: Into A New Launch Era

The issue dated April 13, 2015, printed two covers. This cover shows how the landscape of the U.S. national security space launches was, at the time, poised to change as SpaceX campaigned to make the Falcon 9 v1.1. (left), an alternative to United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V (right) and Delta IV vehicles.

Meanwhile, ULA had planned to unveil a next-generation launch system at the National Space Symposium around the time of this magazine going to press.

See the cover of the issue dated April 13, 2015.

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