BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — United Launch Alliance and Aerojet Rocketdyne celebrated a milestone this week just ahead of a planned Christmas Eve launch. Teams are now just days away from an important dress ...

On May 8, 1962, NASA's new Centaur rocket exploded in mid-air during its first test flight. The Centaur was an upper stage specially designed to launch heavier payloads into orbit. For its first ...

The upper stage of the launcher is an upgraded Centaur rocket, which is fueled by liquid hydrogen and oxygen powering RL10CX engines with fixed nozzle extensions. Meanwhile, the Vulcan first stage ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE — On Sunday afternoon, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno announced the Christmas Eve maiden flight of the new Vulcan Centaur rocket has been pushed back. Announcing on X ...

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Monday morning (Jan. 8). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Boeing announced their decision to scrub the maiden launch of the company's Starliner spacecraft nearly two hours before liftoff due to an issue with an ...

Teams are now just days away from an important dress rehearsal. At Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, ULA and Aerojet Rocketdyne showed off a mockup of the little engine that could, during a 60th ...