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United Launch Alliance (ULA) is gearing up for a critical test firing of its next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket, and it could happen as soon as this week.

United Launch Alliance's plans for a first launch of its new Vulcan rocket have been complicated by a violent explosion during testing of the rocket's upper stage.

The Vulcan rocket will launch in late 2022 on a flight to the Moon. The Vulcan replaces the United Launch Alliance's Atlas V and its problematic RD-180 engines.

Boeing Co's BA.N Starliner astronaut capsule returned from the International Space Station and landed in New Mexico on Wednesday, capping a high-stakes test flight as NASA's next vehicle for carrying humans to orbit.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc (NYSE:AJRD) has secured an RL10 contract to deliver 116 RL10C-X engines for its Vulcan Centaur rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA), a Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE: LMT) and Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) JV company. Financial terms were not disclosed. The new engines will support ULA as it works to fulfill its commitments under a contract…

Blue Origin's plan to launch a giant new rocket is unlikely to unfold this year. It leaves the spaceflight firm sticking with New Shepard tourist launches for the coming year.

Starliner is the commercial spacecraft Boeing will use to carry astronauts to space.