News Vulcan: ULA's Next Generation Launcher

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1666612451440222209

 

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Official images

https://twitter.com/x/status/1666848213163290638

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1667290837091500032

https://twitter.com/x/status/1667296587956260864

https://twitter.com/x/status/1667501932922167298

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket engine explodes during testing

It's a destructive setback with potential ramifications for the company's customer United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin's own rocket New Glenn.

www.cnbc.com

 

[GLS]

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket engine explodes during testing

It's a destructive setback with potential ramifications for the company's customer United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin's own rocket New Glenn.

www.cnbc.com

[spacex_fanboy]
It was just a test, so it is a success, right?
[/spacex_fanboy]

Joke aside, it doesn't appear to be big issue... yet

https://twitter.com/x/status/1678865222604574720

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Joke aside, it doesn't appear to be big issue... yet

https://twitter.com/x/status/1678865222604574720

Can't see Twitter links anymore since Musk made it a walled garden.

 

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Can't see Twitter links anymore since Musk made it a walled garden.

The embeds still show up for me (hope he doesn't read this... )

Here's an image of the tweet:

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1689664897930391552

 

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... and another delayed until 2024 ("December" always means "next year")

https://twitter.com/x/status/1691188220707360768

 

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Holding to 2023 by one week...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1716907348776894482

 

[GLS]

... and the new Centaur is complete!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1720991672459297036

https://twitter.com/x/status/1721013599911456904

https://twitter.com/x/status/1721005180441985415

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1726269703004520728

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1732412596459073581

 

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2024 it is!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1733907494030688486

 

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Quick turnaround

https://twitter.com/x/status/1734569835881710032

 

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Lots of waiting for news, which usually is bad news, but actually it seems there were no problems!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1735302148357767200

 

[jarmonik]

Lunar launch window ? So, the goal is to launch some kind of demonstration payload to lunar transfer trajectory on January 8. Or maybe cube-sats. So we are launching for real ?

 

[GLS]

Lunar launch window ? So, the goal is to launch some kind of demonstration payload to lunar transfer trajectory on January 8. Or maybe cube-sats. So we are launching for real ?

They are launching this: https://www.astrobotic.com/lunar-delivery/landers/peregrine-lander/

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1737474763360997460

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737562379666248061

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737522591072686466

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737123176336048282

 

[GLS]

Rollout in progress:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1743283893665399264

https://twitter.com/x/status/1743299676877504657

https://twitter.com/x/status/1743301283186872380

https://twitter.com/x/status/1743302880444944416