The powerful Vulcan faces its biggest test yet as it prepares to launch on its second national security mission from Florida.

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 ...

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

As a ULA Vulcan bolted into the early Thursday skies over Cape Canaveral, many witnessed a solid rocket booster issue.

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, ...

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The Vulcan has launched on its second-ever national security spaceflight in what will be the biggest test yet for ULA's powerful rocket.

The latest flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket was more than another routine climb to orbit. It was a high‑stakes national security mission, a live engineering stress test and a preview ...

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket carrying classified Space Force payloads suffered a booster problem but apparently ...

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.> ...