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will attempt to make history tonight with its first test flight of the new rocket. The booster was named in honor of Leonard Nimoy, who passed away in 2015.

ULA will retire the Atlas V and Delta IV in favor of this partially reusable rocket, which they hope will be competitive with the line of rockets. (1/x)

youtube.com/watch?v=Ai-AVMJdzV

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Cert-1 will carry multiple payloads, including the Peregrine commercial lunar lander, as well as a Celestis capsule containing the remains of Gene and Majel Roddenberry, as well as James Doohan and many more paying customers.

Launch time is targeting 2:18 AM EST. Very unlikely I'll be awake for it. (2/x)

celestis.com/blog/star-trek-fi

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will livestream the Vulcan Cert-1 mission on YouTube at this link starting at 1:30 AM EST. (3/3)

youtube.com/watch?v=wZ6KTFMHen

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Here's the video of last night's Cert-1 launch. The link should take you to T-1 minute, otherwise go to 0:51:29 on the timeline.

youtube.com/live/wZ6KTFMHenA?s

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Here's an April 13, 2015 article reporting that would name their new rocket in reference to Leonard Nimoy of , who had died two months before.

usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/0

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