Delta II Second Stage Engine
January 15, 2013
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the AJ10 engine for the second stage of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is hoisted high at NASA’s Space Launch Complex-2 service tower. The first stage of the rocket, with several solid rocket motors attached, sits on the launch pad. The Delta II will carry NASA's National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite into space.
Image credit: NASA/VAFB
Aug. 2, 2011
Topics:
Technology Internet, Delta rockets, Boeing, Spaceflight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NPOESS Preparatory Project, AJ-10, Delta II, Space technology, Delta, Spacecraft
