George Sowers – Spaceflight Now

December 5, 2025

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[ December 5, 2025 ] International Space Station prepares for new commander, heads into final five years of planned operations Mission Reports
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[ December 4, 2025 ] Orion hatch ‘blemish’ delays launch day rehearsal for Artemis 2 astronauts Mission Reports
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[ December 2, 2025 ] Sunset SpaceX launch adds 29 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit Falcon 9

ULA sees clean handover of Boeing crew launches to Vulcan rocket

April 18, 2015 Justin Ray

United Launch Alliance vows a “seamless” switch from the Atlas 5 to the new Vulcan rocket in launches of Boeing’s astronaut taxis.

Certification process begins for Vulcan to carry military payloads

April 16, 2015 Justin Ray

The heavy-lift version of the United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket will sell for half the price of today’s Delta 4-Heavy and a third of the price tag for the previous Titan 4, while offering a substantial increase in performance for nation’s largest defense spacecraft.