The booster anomaly resulted in months of delays before the Space Force finally gave ULA the green light to begin launching ...
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Vulcan rocket shows booster problem again

ULA’s Vulcan Centaur suffered another solid rocket booster anomaly on its USSF-87 launch, yet still delivered satellites to geosynchronous orbit while data is reviewed.> ...
ULA’s Vulcan rocket encountered another booster issue during a launch carrying classified Space Force payloads. In this video, we break down what happened, what’s confirmed so far, and what it could ...
The Space Coast’s first human spaceflight of the year is on tap for early Friday morning as NASA and SpaceX aim to send up a ...
Proton rocket returns to flight. After a nearly three-year break, a Russian Proton rocket flew again with the Elektro-L No. 5 meteorological satellite from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, Russian Space Web ...
As a ULA Vulcan bolted into the early Thursday skies over Cape Canaveral, many witnessed a solid rocket booster issue.
United Launch Alliance suffered yet another fiery burn-through on one of its solid rocket boosters during a national security mission Thursday, but the Decatur-built rocket made it to the designated ...
A Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully launched two U.S. spy satellites on Feb. 12 despite suffering an anomaly with one of its solid rocket boosters, echoing the result of an October 2024 mission.
NASA is just hours away from its first crewed launch of 2026, and its first since Crew-11 flew to orbit in August last year. Just ahead of Crew-12’s liftoff, the space agency has released a short ...
A ULA Vulcan rocket launched a Space Force mission, but an unexpected light show from its boosters sparked questions. Here's ...
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 ...
ULA’s Vulcan launches Space Force mission; solid booster anomaly under investigation ULA’s Vulcan launches U.S. Space Force mission to geosynchronous orbit ...