Aug. 12 (UPI) --United Launch Alliance successfully launched one of its Vulcan Centaur rockets into orbit on Tuesday, demonstrating the viability of a newly developed technology for the U.S.

The silver-and-red Vulcan, equipped with a whopping four side-mounted solid rocket boosters, got off the ground at 8:56 p.m. Aug. 12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch, ...

No, no flying stoic guys with pointy ears. <BR><BR>Instead, I give you a Cold War flying wing nuclear bomber of DOOM!, airborne after 14 years, several million pounds of funding, and a metric fsckton ...

United Launch Alliance fired off its first operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting two military satellites into space in the first U.S. Space Force-sanctioned flight of a new launcher that ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched its most powerful Vulcan rocket yet on Tuesday night (Aug.

The Vulcan B.2 could reach 600 mph at 50,000 feet, but survival depended on its electronic countermeasures. Equipped with barrage jammers, radar detectors, and S-band “red shrimp” pods, the Vulcan ...