Vulcan Centaur statistics. Height: 202 feet (61.6 m) Diameter: 18 feet (5.4 m) Mass: 1.2 million pounds (546,700 kg) Solid rockets: 2, 4 or 6 depending on the configuration Orbits: Geosynchronous ...

After the launch in October 2024, Florida is set to see a ULA Vulcan rocket launch on its first ever mission for the Space ...

T-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three – We have ignition. And liftoff of the first United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket launching a new era in spaceflight to the moon and beyond.

Read more about the first Vulcan launch and the Astrobotic moon mission here.. A brand-new American rocket lifted off from a launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday, and for the first time in ...

United Launch Alliance fired off a next-generation Vulcan rocket Friday in the second of two "certification" test flights needed before the new launcher can be used to carry high-priority national ...

ULA announced the Vulcan rocket in 2015 to replace the Atlas V and Delta IV rockets, which had stellar success records but were not cost-competitive with SpaceX's partially reusable Falcon 9.

The first launch of United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket is now targeting early May to send a private moon lander, some Jeff Bezos satellites and the mortal remains of Lt. Uhura ...

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket sits on the pad at Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral at sunrise in advanced of the Cert-2 flight test.

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket is designed to parachute its giant engines back to Earth for reuse, lowering launch costs to $100 million a mission. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

ULA’s Vulcan rocket selected for launches of moon lander and mini-shuttle in 2021. by Alan Boyle on August 19, 2019 at 5:08 pm August 30, 2019 at 9:17 pm. Share 51 Tweet Share Reddit Email.

In December, Ars Technica reported that Blue Origin will likely be unable to send its BE-4 rocket engine for Vulcan before the second quarter of 2022, which means the flight may slip into 2023.