United Launch Alliance
Over one month after an anomaly occurred with a Centaur V structural article during a ground test at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama (delaying a May 4 launch), United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket has resumed testing on its pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 in Florida.
The Vulcan rocket rolled back to its pad at SLC-41 yesterday, with a cryogenic fueling test now being conducted on the first stage booster and Centaur V upper stage motor as of this Blog entry. Should everything go well with today's wet dress rehearsal, ULA will perform a Flight Readiness Firing of Vulcan's two BE-4 main engines sometime next week.
Even though the investigation into the March anomaly is still ongoing, a successful hot fire of Vulcan's engines will pave the way for a hopeful launch of the new vehicle—with Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander and a few other payloads onboard—on ULA's Cert-1 mission this summer. Stay tuned!
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance
With success here, and a resolution of the Centaur V ground test anomaly, we are protecting for a #Vulcan Cert-1 Launch this summer.
— Tory Bruno (@torybruno) May 11, 2023
#VulcanRocket is in position atop
— ULA (@ulalaunch) May 11, 2023
SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Space
Force Station to undergo a full launch day rehearsal tomorrow and Flight Readiness Firing test of its main engines planned for next week. https://t.co/WhedmKhWQj pic.twitter.com/h4DJlQXg0p
And you can watch Vulcan testing live, here:https://t.co/tANS0dWyIH pic.twitter.com/rvSK6ulOlb
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) May 12, 2023
Apollo 15 moon rock at the science center, and lunar landers at @astrobotic @MoonshotMuseum 😍 pic.twitter.com/84agUZV5Au
— Jack J (@Jack_Frodo) May 6, 2023
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