ULA's Vulcan Rocket Nails Debut Flight

Vulcan first launch
Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
VULCAN LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER—United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) first Vulcan rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral SFS on Jan. 8, capping a 10-year effort to develop a single family of boosters designed for direct-to-geosynchronous orbit and other high-energy missions, but priced to compete in the...
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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