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- Blue Origin Set For 2nd New Glenn Launch Attempt Tonight! The Launch Pad · 13 Jan 2025 Blue Origin Set For 2nd New Glenn Launch Attempt Tonight!
- It’s a Scrub for the Inaugural Flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Jan 2025 Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is still on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch was scrubbed about 3:00 am ET this morning, two-thirds of the
- An icy vent line may have caused Blue Origin to scrub debut launch of New Glenn Ars Technica · 13 Jan 2025 Such issues are totally expected and normal with large, new rockets.
- Blue Origin scrubs first New Glenn launch attempt SpaceNews · 13 Jan 2025 Blue Origin called off the first attempt to launch its New Glenn rocket Jan. 13 because of an unspecified technical issue.
- Live coverage: Blue Origin to launch inaugural New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 13 Jan 2025 The launch marks the first orbital launch attempt for Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Liftoff from Launch Complex 36 is set for 1:31 a.m. EST (0631 UTC), 30 minutes after opening of a three-hour launch window.
- Blue Origin ready for maiden flight of New Glenn NASASpaceflight · 11 Jan 2025 After years of development, Blue Origin’s semi-reusable heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, is due…
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Getting Closer to First Flight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Dec 2024 Blue Origin took more steps towards the first launch of the New Glenn rocket yesterday with a successful static fire test and getting a launch license from the FAA. The
- Blue Origin test fires New Glenn first stage ahead of inaugural launch SpaceNews · 28 Dec 2024 Blue Origin says it is ready for the first New Glenn launch after completing a static-fire test Dec. 27, hours after receiving a launch license.
- Blue Origin hot fires New Glenn rocket, setting up a launch early next year Ars Technica · 28 Dec 2024 Also on Friday, the company obtained a launch license for New Glenn launch attempts.
- FAA grants commercial launch license to Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket Spaceflight Now · 27 Dec 2024 The important test is one of final big hurdles for Blue Origin to clear before it’s ready to launch on its inaugural orbital flight. Blue Origin didn't announce a launch date following the FAA's announcement of its launc...
- Blue Origin may hot fire its New Glenn rocket as soon as today Ars Technica · 19 Dec 2024 "Maybe, maybe, maybe today, maybe soon. I think it's very soon."
- NASA Technologies Aim to Solve Housekeeping’s Biggest Issue – Dust NASA · 13 Dec 2024 During the flight test with Blue Origin, seven technologies developed by NASA’s Game Changing Development (GCD) program will study regolith mechanics and lunar dust transport in a simulated lunar gravity environment.
- ESCAPADE looking at 2025 and 2026 launch options SpaceNews · 13 Dec 2024 A NASA Mars smallsat mission previously planned to launch on the inaugural flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn this fall is now examining options for launches in 2025 and 2026.
- New Glenn approaches hot fire ahead of debut launch NASASpaceflight · 11 Dec 2024 Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn rocket is just a few milestones from its maiden launch.…
- Intrigue swirls as Blue Origin races toward year-end deadline for New Glenn Ars Technica · 10 Dec 2024 Blue Origin needs to fly the New Glenn rocket to identify where the vehicle has margin.
- Blue Origin says first New Glenn launch still scheduled for 2024 SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 Blue Origin says it still plans to attempt a first launch of its New Glenn rocket before the end of the year as it makes final vehicle and regulatory preparations.
- Bezos not concerned about Musk’s influence on Trump administration SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2024 As Blue Origin nears the first launch of its New Glenn rocket, founder Jeff Bezos said he is not worried Elon Musk’s influence on the incoming Trump administration will adversely affect the company.
- NASA to make lunar cargo delivery awards to Blue Origin and SpaceX SpaceNews · 24 Nov 2024 NASA plans to use cargo versions of Artemis lunar landers under development by Blue Origin and SpaceX to deliver a pressurized rover and surface habitat to the lunar surface in the early 2030s.
- Blue Origin raises its first flight worthy New Glenn into launch position ahead of final testing Spaceflight Now · 23 Nov 2024 Blue Origin aims to launch its first mission before the end of 2024. It will carry the company’s Blue Ring technology as its primary payload.
- Blue Origin launches ninth crewed New Shepard suborbital mission SpaceNews · 22 Nov 2024 Blue Origin flew six people, including a pair of repeat customers and a science communicator, on the latest New Shepard suborbital spaceflight mission Nov. 22.
- NASA Plans to Assign Missions for Two Future Artemis Cargo Landers NASA · 19 Nov 2024 NASA, along with its industry and international partners, is preparing for sustained exploration of the lunar surface with the Artemis campaign to advance science and discovery for the benefit of all. As part of that eff...
- AST SpaceMobile secures multi-launch agreements with Blue Origin, ISRO and SpaceX Spaceflight Now · 17 Nov 2024 A batch of rockets will support sending up to about 60 of AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites to orbit. The company’s goal is to establish a space-based cellular broadband network.
- AST SpaceMobile leans on Blue Origin to ramp up satellite launches SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2024 AST SpaceMobile said Nov. 14 it has booked rockets from Blue Origin and others to deploy enough satellites between 2025 and 2026 to provide full text, voice, and 5G data services to standard mobile phones across the Unit...
- New Glenn on the Roll Space Scout · 31 Oct 2024 Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has made it to Launch Complex 36 ahead of the massive rocket’s inaugural flight, scheduled for sometime this year.
- Blue Origin rolls out New Glenn’s first stage for testing NASASpaceflight · 30 Oct 2024 Fresh off the successful New Shepard NS-27 flight, Blue Origin is making intense preparations for the first flight of its long-awaited New Glenn heavy-lift rocket. The company has rolled out New Glenn’s first stage, equi...
- Blue Origin conducts first flight of second human-rated New Shepard SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 Blue Origin carried out the first flight of a new model of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Oct. 23, a mission the company called “nominal and on target” despite going to a slightly lower altitude than past flights.
- Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches 400th orbital flight; Blue Origin, China launch missions NASASpaceflight · 21 Oct 2024 Blue Origin tested its second human-rated New Shepard capsule this week, which had been delayed twice since the start of the month. The week has also seen two launches from China while a fourth flight of the Japanese H3...
- Blue Origin Set To Debut Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket Monday The Launch Pad · 5 Oct 2024 Blue Origin Set To Debut Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket Monday
- A new Blue Origin: CEO Dave Limp is bringing urgency and ‘decisiveness’ to Jeff Bezos’ space company CNBC · 5 Oct 2024 Dave Limp had only one question for Jeff Bezos when he interviewed last year to become CEO of Blue Origin, the billionaire’s space venture.
- Blue Origin tests New Glenn upper stage SpaceNews · 26 Sep 2024 Blue Origin successfully tested the upper stage of its first New Glenn rocket, but on a schedule that appears to vindicate a NASA decision not to use it for a mid-October launch of a Mars mission.
- New Glenn second stage completes hot fire test NASASpaceflight · 24 Sep 2024 Blue Origin has hot-fired the second stage of New Glenn for the first time, continuing to work toward its inaugural launch. Over the last year, the company has continued to lead New Glenn to its first flight and has conf...
- For the first time, Blue Origin has ignited an orbital rocket stage Ars Technica · 24 Sep 2024 Monday's test checked an important box for Blue Origin.
- NASA removes ESCAPADE from inaugural New Glenn launch SpaceNews · 6 Sep 2024 NASA has decided not to launch a pair of Mars-bound smallsats on the first flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn in October out of concerns that the rocket may not be ready in time.
- New Glenn Comes Together, but Plans Change Space Scout · 6 Sep 2024 On Friday, September 6th 2024, NASA announced an official delay of the EscaPADE mission’s launch to March of 2025. The agency specified that the decision came at potential risk to spacecraft health in the event that the...
- Faced with a tight deadline, NASA and Blue Origin agree to delay New Glenn debut Ars Technica · 6 Sep 2024 "We can’t take our foot off the pedal here."
- NASA Delays ESCAPADE to 2025, Blue Origin Moves New Glenn Blue Ring Mission Up To November The Launch Pad · 6 Sep 2024 NASA Delays ESCAPADE to 2025, Blue Origin Moves New Glenn Blue Ring Mission Up To November
- Blue Origin racing to meet tight launch window for first New Glenn mission SpaceNews · 6 Sep 2024 While preparations for the first launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket are accelerating, the company acknowledges there is “lots to do” to get the vehicle ready to meet a narrow launch window next month.
- Blue Origin flies NASA-funded scientist and space tourists on New Shepard suborbital flight SpaceNews · 29 Aug 2024 Blue Origin took six people, including a NASA-funded researcher, on a New Shepard suborbital spaceflight Aug. 29.
- First NASA-Supported Researcher to Fly on Suborbital Rocket NASA · 28 Aug 2024 For the first time, a NASA-funded researcher will fly with their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. The technology is one of two NASA-supported experiments, also known as payloads, funded by the agency’s Fligh...
- NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to New Glenn Launch of Mars Mission NASA · 26 Aug 2024 NASA and Blue Origin are preparing for the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission, which begins on the inaugural launch of the company’s New Glenn rocket. The mission will study...