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Last month United Launch Alliance was testing a version of the Centaur upper stage designed to fly on its new Vulcan rocket, but a hydrogen leak caused a massive fireball, the fallout of which has meant a delay to the rocket’s first launch from Cape Canaveral, according to ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno.
Boeing’s first launch of astronauts has been delayed again, this time until July.
On March 9, ULA rolled its first Vulcan Centaur rocket to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for testing ahead of the vehicle's debut flight.
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Before summer, 14 more humans could launch from U.S. soil as SpaceX has three missions set to lift off from Kennedy Space Center on Crew Dragons while Boeing looks to send its CST-100 Starliner up to the International Space Station for the first time with people on board.
The rocket components arrived at Port Canaveral Saturday night.