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  Bridging the history of Atlas from the legacy of Project Mercury with today's United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V, preparations are underway for the modern-day rocket to launch Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft with two NASA astronauts on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) to the International Space Station.   The first orbital spaceflights of American astronauts in the 1960s were launched by Atlas rockets from Cape Canaveral on the Mercury missions at the dawn of the space program. That heritage continues with Atlas V launching Boeing's Starliner spacecraft as part of NASA's Commerc ..read more

The inaugural United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket soared to historic heights on its first Certification flight test (Cert-1) on Jan. 8, leaving Earth orbit and successfully charting a trajectory into deep space with bulls-eye accuracy and precision.   Years of effort to design, develop and build this next generation American rocket culminated with a trouble-free countdown and unanimous “go” for liftoff at 2:18 a.m. EST (0718 UTC) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.  ..read more

The payload complement for the inaugural United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket is atop the launch vehicle in preparation for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 8 at 2:18 a.m. ET.    The Certification-1 (Cert-1) flight test will launch the first Astrobotic Peregrine commercial lunar lander into a highly elliptical orbit more than 220,000 miles (360,000 km) above Earth to intercept the Moon and carry a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight Payload into deep space.    Peregrine is slated to be the first private American spacecraft to be launched a ..read more

The inaugural United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket rolled out to the Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Dec. 6 to undergo an extensive practice countdown. Known as a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR), ULA is preparing to conduct a full day-of-launch test to ensure the new rocket, pad systems and launch team are ready for the first Vulcan mission. The WDR exercises the hardware, procedures and the people to reduce the risk of a delay on launch day. The rehearsal follows the tightly scripted sequence by rolling the Vulcan from the Vertical Integration Fac ..read more

Engineers from United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, work hand in hand in the partnership behind the Centaur upper stage and its RL10 engine, now marking 60 years of success.   Meet Michael DeArce, ULA’s Centaur III lead on the Launch Ops team, and Ralph Bustamante, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 field service engineering representative for ULA. They are among dozens of people who work every day to ensure mission success when one of ULA’s upper stages takes flight powered by high-performance engines from the RL10 family.   “Ralph and I are ..read more

The Centaur V upper stage for the inaugural United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket arrived from the factory at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station launch site on Nov. 13 and was integrated atop the booster on Nov. 19 ..read more

The launch campaign for the inaugural flight of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket is underway with initial stacking operations in the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ..read more

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 158 times with 100 percent mission success. The Protoflight launch is the first mission in a broader commercial partnership between ULA and Amazon to launch the majority of the Project Kuiper constellation.     Atlas V Project Kuiper Protoflight Launch Blog ..read more