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After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket

In the near term, ULA will switch back to launching its soon-to-retire Atlas V rocket, the Vulcan rocket's predecessor. The ...

Mysterious light over upstate New York was tail of a Vulcan rocket launch

Visible across the Northeast, the bright, pill-shaped light was the exhaust plume from the United Launch Alliance's Vulcan ...

ULA Vulcan rocket to launch first national security mission

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket is gearing up to carry a classified national security payload into space Tuesday night ...

Rocket Report: Ariane 6 beats Vulcan to third launch; China’s first drone ship

Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! Two of the world's most storied rocket builders not named SpaceX achieved major ...
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Vulcan’s Night Launch Ends an Era of Russian Rocket Engines

It took nearly a decade, billions in investment, and a geopolitical rupture to get here, but on Tuesday night the United States finally severed its last operational tie to Russian-made rocket engines ...

Vulcan Rocket Brings New Era Of Space For United Launch Alliance: Will Boeing, Lockheed Martin Benefit?

A successful rocket launch this week could mean big things for two large defense companies that co-own the space company.
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US: United Launch Alliance Launches Vulcan Rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

United Launch Alliance successfully launched its first operational Vulcan rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, August 12, at 8:56 p.m. EDT. The rocket carried two ...

Perseid meteor, Vulcan rocket launch or UFO; white spiral in night sky over PA, Delaware

What was the mysterious white spiral flying in the night sky as stargazers looked up during the Perseid meteor shower peak ...