News Vulcan: ULA's Next Generation Launcher

[IronRain]

ULA Preparing Proven Hardware and New Innovations for Vulcan: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/06/ula-new-innovations-vulcan/

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1347942408676368386

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1617187550829121538

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1618291863278227456

https://twitter.com/x/status/1618298532187803661

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1634013944485650433

 

[DaveS]

First of a series of tanking tests on tap for today:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634268442168532992

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1634567912135487488

 

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This is probably not going to launch in May...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1644507446516301826

https://twitter.com/x/status/1644514650858598400

https://twitter.com/x/status/1644458078820274176

 

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Video of the Centaur going everywhere

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646572389193625600

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646573679483179010

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646573485840564224

 

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... and the expected delay

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646913356505432065

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1656678437283561472

 

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Big day!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1661716845936934915

... or maybe not

https://twitter.com/x/status/1661719373172850688

ULA live stream:

 

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How to make a Vulcan-Centaur

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1661834466032238592

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1661824363375779846

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1666573986594017282

 

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T-1 minute!

 

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Ignition!

 

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... and shutdown!

 

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It seems all went well... some happy faces.