United Launch Alliance's (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket is ready for its second-ever liftoff, which is targeted for Friday ...

This includes aluminum panels for the rocket’s first stage liquid oxygen tank. Work on Vulcan’s Centaur V upper stage has also begun with the installation of two welding stations in Decatur.

All six missions will launch on ULA’s new rocket, Vulcan Centaur. The move was expected but requirement confirmation given Dream Chaser’s ability to launch on several launch vehicle options.

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 ...

For the Cert-2 mission, the 109-foot-tall Vulcan will fly with two of a possible six solid rocket boosters so that it ...

It was hoped that the rocket, a combination of the all-new Vulcan first stage and an evolved version of ULA’s Centaur III second stage, could be flying as soon as 2019. But the program suffered ...

The next launch of a United Launch Alliance rocket could come as soon mid-year, but that depends on two things — Amazon Kuiper satellites being ready and the the Vulcan mishap being fully ...

Majority share United Launch Alliance won most of Amazon's contract, 38 launches, with its new Vulcan Centaur rocket. ULA, based in Centennial, Colorado, is a joint venture of Boeing Co. and ...