Blue Origin has just released a video recap (above) of last week’s successful maiden launch of its heavy-lift rocket, the New Glenn. The footage shows some dramatic close-ups of the 98-meter-tall rocket leaving the launchpad, with its seven BE-4 engines creating nearly 4 million pounds of thrust as it headed toward orbit from Cape Canaveral … Read more
New Glenn Mission NG-1 Webcast At the second time of trying, Blue Origin successfully launched its orbital New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on early Thursday morning ET. The first-ever launch of the New Glenn represents a major milestone for Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin spaceflight company, marking its entry into the orbital launch … Read more
Blue Origin has scrubbed Monday’s highly anticipated launch attempt of its New Glenn rocket. With just 13 minutes remaining on the countdown clock at Cape Canaveral in Florida early on Monday morning, the decision was taken to stand down to give engineers a chance to troubleshoot “a vehicle subsystem issue.” The three-hour launch window opened … Read more
Blue Origin, the spaceflight company set up by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is about to perform the first launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket. The two-stage rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, with the company targeting Friday, January 10, for launch. Read on for full … Read more
Blue Origin is targeting New Glenn’s inaugural mission (NG-1) for no earlier than Friday, January 10, from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, the company announced on Monday. The three-hour launch window opens at 1 a.m. ET on Friday (10 p.m. PT on Thursday night). 🚀 Launch Alert | We’re targeting … Read more