Photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens | Space Launch Delta 30 | 05.04.2020
The hatch opens on a United Launch Alliance barge, known as the RocketShip, revealing a Delta IV Heavy booster May 4, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The barge docked at Vandenberg AFB to offload the final Delta IV Heavy booster for an upcoming launch scheduled to occur later this year. The barge operation is a vital first step to executing the mission of assured access to space.......
Photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens | Space Launch Delta 30 | 05.04.2020
Mission partners and base members extract a Delta IV Heavy booster from a United Launch Alliance barge, known as the RocketShip, May 4, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The barge docked at Vandenberg AFB to offload the final Delta IV Heavy booster for an upcoming launch scheduled to occur later this year. The barge operation is a vital first step to executing the mission of assured......
Photo by 94th Airlift Wing | Space Launch Delta 30 | 04.07.2020
A Delta IV Heavy booster from a United Launch Alliance barge, known as the RocketShip, proceeds to the Horizontal Integration Facility May 4, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. A HIF is a building within which the stages of a multistage rocket are brought together before the assembled stack is rolled out to the launch pad or space launch complex and raised into a vertical position for......
Photo by 94th Airlift Wing | Space Launch Delta 30 | 04.07.2020
A Delta IV Heavy booster from a United Launch Alliance barge, known as the RocketShip, proceeds to the Horizontal Integration Facility May 4, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. A HIF is a building within which the stages of a multistage rocket are brought together before the assembled stack is rolled out to the launch pad or space launch complex and raised into a vertical position for......
Photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens | Space Launch Delta 30 | 04.05.2020
A United Launch Alliance barge, known as the RocketShip, waits to enter the docking area April 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The barge docked at Vandenberg AFB to offload Delta IV Heavy boosters for an upcoming launch scheduled to occur later this year. The barge operation is a vital first step to executing the mission of assured access to space (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior......
Photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens | Space Launch Delta 30 | 04.05.2020
Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Ward, 2nd Space Launch Squadron mission assurance technician, gives a pre-mission brief to Airmen who will offload Delta IV Heavy boosters from the RocketShip barge April 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The barge docked at Vandenberg AFB to offload Delta IV Heavy boosters for an upcoming launch scheduled to occur later this year. The barge operation is a vital......
Photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens | Space Launch Delta 30 | 04.05.2020
A United Launch Alliance barge, known as the RocketShip, docks April 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The barge docked at Vandenberg AFB to offload Delta IV Heavy boosters for an upcoming launch scheduled to occur later this year. The barge operation is a vital first step to executing the mission of assured access to space. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)...
Photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens | Space Launch Delta 30 | 04.05.2020
Members of TracTide Marine Corporation prepare to conduct a safety check during an offload of Delta IV Heavy boosters April 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The TracTide members are based out of Port Hueneme, Calif., and assisted during the offload of the boosters to ensure the safety of the members and the United Launch Alliance barge, known as the RocketShip. (U.S. Air Force......