By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that ...

The picture is almost absurd: a probe falling toward the sun, diving into the corona, then lighting solid-rocket boosters at its closest approach on purpose. It is the kind of mission profile that ...

A busy Vandenberg Space Force Base is about to get even busier. That’s what Col. James “Jim” Horne, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, revealed Friday ...

Basically, ever since SpaceX showed up, ULA has been losing the space race. And things are getting worse for ULA -- not ...

On February 12, 2026, United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched its Vulcan Centaur rocket, completing its fourth mission while contending with an unexpected anomaly. This mission, which ...

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB | RKLB Price Prediction) is gearing up for an upcoming launch that underscores its growing role in U.S. defense and hypersonic technology testing. The space stock recently ...

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The USSF-87 mission marked the Vulcan rocket’s second launch under the National Security Space Launch, or NSSL, program.

The booster anomaly resulted in months of delays before the Space Force finally gave ULA the green light to begin launching its missions. Vulcan launched its first military payload in August 2025, ...

Weather permitting and depending on clouds, rocket launches in Cape Canaveral can be seen in West Palm Beach, about 150 miles ...

Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Seconds later, the rocket twisted on ...