Re:SpaceX Successfully Soft-Landed Booster Rocket in the Atl...
by Gravityloss on Saturday April 26, 2014 @11:19AM
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You mix up everything, and many posters do that further down.
These are the relevant rockets and their first stage engines that fly from US soil:
1) ULA Delta IV: US made RS-68 (new).
2) ULA Atlas V: Russian made RD-180 (new).
3) SpaceX Falcon 9: US made Merlin-1 (new).
4) Orbital Sciences Antares: Soviet made NK-33 (decades old, now refurbished in USA).
These are the relevant rockets and their first stage engines that fly from US soil: