News Archive / Tagged: Vulcan

• Amazon signs contracts for 83 rocket launches

  Theresa CrossApril 12th, 2022

  Last week, Amazon announced one of the most significant rocket deals within the commercial space market in order to build its Kuiper internet constellation.

• Vulcan booster rolled to Florida pad for fueling tests

  Theresa CrossAugust 27th, 2021

  A test article for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket was rolled out to the company’s Cape Canaveral Launch pad in advance of cryogenic testing.

• Vulcan rocket progresses towards first launch with pathfinder arrival

  Matt HaskellFebruary 13th, 2021

  Progress continues to advance for United Launch Alliance’s newest rocket, as the pathfinder for the Vulcan rocket arrived by the company’s cargo ship and was unloaded at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday, February 15.

• Vulcan clears final review, could fly as early as 2021

  Jason RhianMay 22nd, 2019

  United Launch Alliance, along with the United States Air Force, has cleared the company's new Vulcan rocket to continue its journey toward flight.

• GEM 63 completes 2nd static fire test

  Jason RhianApril 4th, 2019

  Northrop Grumman's new 63-inch Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) solid rocket booster has completed another landmark in the booster's progression toward flight.

• Blue Origin breaks ground on new BE-4 engine production facility

  Cullen DesforgesJanuary 27th, 2019

  On Jan.25, 2019, Blue Origin broke ground on its new engine production and assembly facility in Huntsville, Alabama, about 25 miles from United Launch Alliance’s Decatur assembly facility.

• ULA selects Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine for Vulcan rocket

  Curt GodwinSeptember 27th, 2018

  Aerojet Rocketdyne lost out to Blue Origin for the production of the main rocket engine for the Vulcan lunch system. How will this guide the development of the new rocket?

• Gallery: Desolate Utah plains rumble with GEM 63’s fury

  Jason RhianSeptember 21st, 2018

  PROMONTORY, Utah — Northrop Grumman’s GEM 63 solid rocket motor conducted its first test fire at 1 p.m. MDT (3 p.m. EDT / 19:00 GMT) on Thursday, Sept. 20. The motor was tested under “cold conditions” of approximately 40 °F. The GEM 63 series is being developed for use on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V […]

• Northrop Grumman’s GEM 63 undergoes 1st test fire

  Jason RhianSeptember 20th, 2018

  The desolate, remote deserts of Utah came alive in fire and smoke during a test that heralded the introduction of powerful new launch vehicles onto the world stage.

• Insider Live: Northrop Grumman’s GEM 63 first test fire

  Jason RhianSeptember 19th, 2018

  Want to see exclusive live video of a GEM 63 rocket motor being tested? Only SpaceFlight Insider brings you live coverage from the test site in Utah. Tune in at 12:30 p.m. MDT / 2:30 p.m. EDT.

• ULA’s Vulcan rocket upper stage to use RL10 engine

  Joe LatrellMay 15th, 2018

  United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced it has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne's RL10 engine to power the Centaur upper stage of the Vulcan rocket, which is currently in development.

• Jeff Bezos tweets latest BE-4 engine test footage

  Derek RichardsonMarch 14th, 2018

  Blue Origin has successfully tested its BE-4 engine at its longest duration yet revealed by the secretive spaceflight company. In a video tweeted out by the company’s founder, Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, it was announced that the engine, which is capable of 550,000 pounds (2,400 kilonewtons) of thrust, was tested at 65 percent of full-power for about 114 seconds.

• Blue Origin conducts first hot-fire test of BE-4 engine

  Bart LeahyOctober 21st, 2017

  Blue Origin is moving forward with its rocket development program, hot-firing a 550,000-pound-force (2,446.5-kilonewton) thrust liquid natural gas / liquid oxygen BE-4 engine at its facility in Texas this week.

• ULA, Bigelow Aerospace set sights on lunar orbit outpost

  Bart LeahyOctober 19th, 2017

  United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Bigelow Aerospace are teaming up to send an inflatable space station to low-lunar orbit by 2022. The effort will feature a series of launches aboard ULA’s new Vulcan rocket using its Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES) to make Bigelow’s B330 habitat a depot to facilitate future exploration and development of the Moon.

• Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine test hardware suffers failure

  Derek RichardsonMay 16th, 2017

  In a tweet on Sunday, May 14, 2017, NewSpace company Blue Origin announced it had lost a set of powerpack test hardware for its BE-4 engine in development. No details were released as to what happened or why.