United Launch Alliance
Just thought I'd end this month by sharing these cool images of the Pathfinder Tanking Test (PTT) booster for United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket getting fueled up at the pad for the first time.
It was yesterday that ULA loaded liquid oxygen (LOX) fuel into the PTT booster at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 in Florida. Over the coming weeks, liquefied natural gas (LNG, or methane) will be loaded into Vulcan next...and then ULA will conduct a subsequent test where the booster is filled with LOX and LNG at the same time.
The PTT booster at SLC-41 is a flight-worthy core stage that will launch into space on a future Vulcan flight. The Vulcan Centaur rocket that will send Astrobotic's Peregrine lander to the Moon next year is currently undergoing final construction at ULA's assembly facility in Decatur, Alabama. Stay tuned.
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance
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