Heron&Fox Photo<p>The modern <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AtlasV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtlasV</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a>, designed by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LockheedMarting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LockheedMarting</span></a> and operated by the United Launch Alliance or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a>, has been called the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DialARocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DialARocket</span></a> for its ability to add capacity by adding solid rocket boosters like increasing steps on a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dial</span></a>.<br />The next-to-last stop on the “Dial” is the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlas</span></a> V 541, with a 5 meter fairing, 4 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SRBs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SRBs</span></a>, and 1 engine on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Centaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Centaur</span></a> upper stage.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mars</span></a> Science Laboratory <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Rover" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rover</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Curiosity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Curiosity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launched" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launched</span></a> on a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ULA</span></a> Atlas V 541.<br />This <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photograph</span></a> shows it leaping into the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/clouds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clouds</span></a>.<br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/1-atlas-v-with-msl-enters-the-clouds-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/1</span><span class="invisible">-atlas-v-with-msl-enters-the-clouds-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>