The USSF-87 mission marked the Vulcan rocket’s second launch under the National Security Space Launch, or NSSL, program.

The booster anomaly resulted in months of delays before the Space Force finally gave ULA the green light to begin launching its missions. Vulcan launched its first military payload in August 2025, ...

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 ...

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 ...

United Launch Alliance launched its Vulcan Centaur Rocket from Cape Canaveral today when an issue occurred in one of its ...

The Space Force launched the USSF-87 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., early Thursday morning aboard a ...

ULA’s Vulcan launches Space Force mission; solid booster anomaly under investigation ULA’s Vulcan launches U.S. Space Force mission to geosynchronous orbit ...

United Launch Alliance launched its first mission of 2026 with the USSF-87 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Vulcan Centaur V-005, with four solid rocket boosters in the VC4S ...

A Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully launched two U.S. spy satellites on Feb. 12 despite suffering an anomaly with one of its ...

A federal judge blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's bid to punish Sen. Mark Kelly over encouraging U.S. troops to refuse ...

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket launched successfully Thursday morning while experiencing an issue with its booster after liftoff.

United Launch Alliance suffered yet another fiery burn-through on one of its solid rocket boosters during a national security ...