Tag: Vulcan Centaur

ULA Vulcan Launches of USSF-87 Space Surveillance Satellite for US Space Force Despite Rocket Anomaly: Photos

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – After several weather-related delays and for only the fourth time the ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket finally took flight on Thursday, Feb. 12 on a national security mission for the US Space Force from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida – despite one of the first stage solid rocket

Sierra Nevada Unveils ‘Shooting Star’ Cargo Module for Dream Chaser Missions to ISS for NASA

For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced ‘Shooing Star’ as the name for the new commercial Cargo Module unveiled last week at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for the firms reusable Dream Chaser® mini-shuttle spacecraft that will eventually launch on resupply missions for NASA to the International Space Station  (ISS) starting in 2021.