
Powerful Delta 4 Heavy rocket boosts spy satellite into space from California
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A powerful United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy, one of only four remaining on the company's books, blasted off from California on Monday afternoon, lifting a classified National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite into space.
The Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68A engines powering the rocket's three side-by-side "common booster cores" thundered to life with a roaring rush of flame at 4:47 p.m. EDT, pushing the 233-foot-tall vehicle away from launch complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base northwest of Los Angeles. Generating 2.1 million pounds of thrust — the equivalent of 51 million horsepower — the hydrogen-fueled engines quickly propelled the rocket skyward, consuming 5,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen and oxygen propellants per second as it arced away on a southerly path over the Pacific Ocean.
Trump's military parade tomorrow isn't the first in the U.S. — but they're rare. Here's a look back.
Washington — President Trump is hosting a parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army on Saturday, bringing tanks and soldiers to the streets of Washington, D.C., for the capital's first major military parade in more than three decades.

A military parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., is being held to celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary on Saturday, June 14 — which also happens to be President Trump's 79th birthday. Army officials say about 6,600 soldiers, 150 vehicles and more than 50 aircraft are set to participate.