ULA's Vulcan Centaur Launches Peregrine Moon Lander In Cert-1 Mission

Vulcan lifted off at 0718 UTC, when the rocket's two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) and two Blue Origin-built BE-4 first-stage engines blasted the vehicle skyward with nearly 2 million pounds of thrust. Atop the rocket was Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander, which is carrying 20 different customer payloads, including five NASA science instruments. This the first-ever flight for Vulcan Centaur