Four years overdue, delayed by problems at Blue Origin getting the engine ready, by its own development issues, and by COVID, ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket finally made its first launch in early 2024.

On this date in 2024, United Launch Alliance's next-generation Vulcan rocket flew its first certification mission at 2:18 a.m. from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Kent-based Blue Origin announced Thursday it was delaying the launch of the New Glenn rocket because of bad weather.

On this date: ULA launches Vulcan rocket on Cert-1 mission On this ... as it involved the development of a 1.5-million-pound thrust rocket engine to power a future large space booster.

The rocket’s seven BE-4 engines burned blue as the rocket ... flight-proven with versions having successfully launched ULA’s new Vulcan rockets twice in 2024. While Vulcan only used two ...

And United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket will soon launch on its third-ever mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Following are the latest missions coming up from the Cape.