NASA To Award ULA SLS Upper Stage Contract

: United Launch Alliance Caption: NASA plans to buy ULA's Centaur V, the upper stage for its Vulcan rocket, for the Space Launch System.

NASA plans to buy ULA's Centaur V, the upper stage for its Vulcan rocket, for the Space Launch System.

Credit: United Launch Alliance
CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA plans to switch contractors to supply the upper stage for its Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket from the Boeing-built Exploration Upper Stage to United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Centaur V. The switch was formally unveiled in a document posted March 6 on NASA’s procurement...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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