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First Look Vulcan ULA First Certification Mission Cert-1 Roll To Pad With Astrobotic Peregrine Lunar Lander & Peregrine Mission One

"That New Rocket Smell" 

ULA Vulcan first certification mission with payloads rolls to launch site SLC-41 for a early morning Monday launch attempt. at 2:18 AM On board this new vehicle are two payloads from Astrobotic the Peregrine Lunar Lander and Peregrine Mission One (PM1) as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface. The second payload is the Celestis Memorial Spaceflights deep space voyage mission known as the Enterprise Flight.


This rocket has a pair of the new Blue Origin BE-4 engines and two solid strap on boosters.

Go Vulcan! Go Centaur! Go Cert-1!

Roll to the pad took less than one hour once it started leaving the ULA VIF during a beautiful fall day at Cape Canaveral Florida.


Photos by Scott Schilke for spacenewsfl.com

Project information

  • Category Space News
  • Client ULA
  • Project date 5 January, 2024
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