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World's first aerospike rocket test mid-flight successful
In a feat that can only be described as legendary, and after many months and a catastrophic setback, Polaris Spaceplanes has ...
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ULA is examining debris recovered from Vulcan rocket’s shattered booster nozzle
When the exhaust nozzle on one of the Vulcan rocket's strap-on boosters failed shortly after liftoff earlier this month, it scattered debris across the beachfront landscape just east of the launch ...
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Vulcan Centaur avoids FAA scrutiny after losing solid rocket booster nozzle
One of the twin Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) lost its nozzle, but the vehicle still made it into space as planned.… ...
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After nozzle failure, Space Force is “assessing” impacts to Vulcan schedule
The Cert-2 launch October 4 overcame an anomaly on one of Vulcan's strap-on solid rocket boosters, which lost its exhaust nozzle but kept firing with degraded thrust. The rocket's twin BE-4 main ...