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ULAs Vulcan Centaur rocket launched on its first-ever mission this morning (Jan. 8), sending the private Peregrine lander toward the moon.

United Launch Alliance launched its next generation Vulcan rocket early Monday morning in what the company described as "the beginning of a new era of space capabilities."

The United Launch Alliance rocket will be the first in a series of new launchers that could chip away at SpaceX’s hold over the space business.

The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the early morning hours of Jan. 8.

ULAs new rocket now has one flight under its belt.

ULA's Vulcan Centaur needs one more successful flight test to be certified to carry payloads to orbit under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch program.

The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the early morning hours of Jan. 8.

The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the early morning hours of Jan. 8.

Vulcan Centaur rocket is on track to blast off Monday.

A new rocket is set to blast off from Florida on Monday, carrying the first U.S. aircraft to attempt to land on the moon in more than 50 years. NASA commissioned the private company, Astrobotic, to build the lunar lander, named Peregrine. The launch is expected to inaugurate a series of missions backed by the US space agency, which wants to rely in part on the private sector for its lunar ambitions. The mission has also caused controversy, as it carries the ashes or DNA of dozens of people, incl...