ULA's Vulcan rocket has been certified by the US Space Force for national ... found that there was an issue inside the nozzle on the solid rocket booster. Unlike SpaceX Falcon 9 — which is ...

The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...

The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a big hurdle over the weekend. The 212-foot-tall core stage was placed Sunday ...

The 212-foot-tall core stage was placed Sunday alongside two solid rocket boosters at ... converted from the Space Shuttle Program, and the two boosters provide 8.8 million pounds of thrust ...

Finally, ground crews lowered the rocket between the Space Launch System's twin solid rocket boosters already stacked ... about SpaceX's upgraded Starship design, known as "Version 2" or "Block ...

On March 23, 2025, technicians working at NASA's Kennedy Space Center mated together ... side of the core stage are twin five-segment solid rocket boosters, which were earlier stacked on the ...

Finally, ground crews lowered the rocket between the Space Launch System’s twin solid rocket boosters already stacked ... SpaceX’s upgraded Starship design, known as “Version 2” or ...

Since then, the Space Force and ULA validated the rocket met 52 certification criteria, including 18 subsystem design and test ... Grumman-provided solid rocket booster. In February, ULA CEO ...

United Launch Alliance had its new Vulcan rocket certified Wednesday by Space Force so ... An issue with a nozzle flying off a supporting solid rocket booster on the second launch added more ...