Vulcan, United Launch Alliance's (ULA) new heavy-lift rocket, was not the result of having to flee an exploding planet, being exposed to gamma rays or even surviving the bite of a radioactive ...

With the final Delta IV Heavy rocket launch complete in April, ULA is making room for more Vulcan rocket hardware and preparing its facilities at Cape Canaveral to support a faster-paced launch ...

Vulcan flew twice in 2024 but the second mission had a rough ride to space. Those problems are the primary culprit behind ...

Credit: ULA WASHINGTON — The loss of a solid rocket motor nozzle on the second flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur last October was caused by a manufacturing defect that has been ...

The Alpha rocket will launch Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base, with the 52-minute launch window opening at 6:25 am PT (14:25 UTC). Lockheed is self-funding the ...

To replace it, ULA is developing a rocket called Vulcan: a partly reusable, roughly $100-million-per-launch system that will carry more mass than Delta IV Heavy. Bruno said ULA's Vulcan rocket ...

Like the Atlas V, the Vulcan supports optional solid rocket boosters (SRBs) that are attached radially around the first stage. The Vulcan will use larger versions of the GEM-63 SRBs currently ...

Experts see both growth and consolidation in the heavy launch market – which ... Command expects the first NSSL launch aboard a Vulcan rocket will take place no earlier than April, according ...