October 4, 2024
Next-generation ULA Vulcan rocket launched on second test
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 security payloads for the U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office.The rocket made it to orbit with its mass simulator, but one of the solid rocket boosters may have blown its nozzle clean off. Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Photo credit and info: United Launch Alliance's second next-generation Vulcan rocket climbs away from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, kicking off a second "certification" flight to clear the new rocket for use launching high-priority national security payloads.
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