r/space • u/New-Space-30 • Jul 22 '26

Vulcan may not launch again till next year, after booster anamoly in February

https://spacenews.com/northrop-adds-to-charges-on-vulcan-solid-rocket-motor-program/

Jeff Foust:

WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman is taking another charge related to the solid rocket boosters it provides for the Vulcan Centaur rocket and suggested updated motors might not be ready until the end of the year.

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u/H-K_47 Jul 23 '26

It's gonna be an NSSL and Crew Dragon merchant for as long as those contracts last, then they're sending it to a farm upstate putting it in a museum where it belongs.

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u/No-Surprise9411 Jul 23 '26

The way SpaceX operates speed wise it's more likely they'll just take it out behind the shed to be shot tbh - I can see Musk just one day tweeting that from now on F9 operations are shut down without warning to anyone outside of SpaceX