ULA Making New Efforts on Vulcan Reusability
21 Aug 2025
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SPACENEWS - WASHINGTON - United Launch Alliance is leaning more into reusability as it advances work on recovering the engine section of the Vulcan rocket and embarks on another project.
Tory Bruno, president and chief executive of ULA, said during an episode of his “The Burn Sequence” podcast published Aug. 19 that the company was working on a new initiative related to reuse of the Vulcan Centaur rocket beyond recovery of the engine section of the vehicle’s first stage.
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Note: The Vulcan's first stage is powered by 2x Blue Origin BE-4 engines.
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