ULA successfully test-fires powerful new Vulcan Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully conducted the Flight Readiness Firing test of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41. The test aimed to validate the fully integrated first and second stages of ULA's new rocket by running through a launch timeline, propellant load, and countdown culminating with the ignition of its two BE-4 engines made by Blue Origin for about six seconds producing close to 1 million pounds of thrust while clamped down in place so it didn't lift off of the pad. The launch is dependent on completion of the firing test as well as the completion of an investigation after a destructive incident in March during a test.