Blue Origin fires up 2nd stage of huge New Glenn rocket
Blue Origin tests New Glenn upper stage
Blue Origin tested the upper stage of its first New Glenn but on a schedule that appears to vindicate a NASA decision not to use it for a launch in October.
Blue Origin fires up 2nd stage of huge New Glenn rocket ahead of debut launch (video)
Blue Origin carried out a hotfire test for its New Glenn rocket second stage on Monday (Sept. 23) as the company moves toward the huge vehicle's debut flight. The 15-second hotfire test was conducted on Sept. 23 to validate interactions between the subsystems on the New Glenn second stage, its two BE-3U engines and the ground control systems.
For the first time, Blue Origin has ignited an orbital rocket stage
This marked the first time that Blue Origin, a space company founded by Jeff Bezos more than two decades ago, has integrated and fired an orbital rocket stage. After the test, Blue Origin said it is still tracking toward a November launch of the New Glenn rocket.
Blue Origin gets its New Glenn rocket on track with new test fire
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket hit a significant milestone this week, completing its first second-stage hot fire test that validates the interactions between the subsystems, its two BE-3U engines, and the ground control systems.
Blue Origin New Glenn: Successful test run of the second heavy-duty rocket stage
Before the first launch of Blue Origin's heavy-lift rocket New Glenn in November, a hotfire test of the second rocket stage took place.
Blue Origin Test Fires New Glenn Upper Stage
The static test fire at Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral SFS marked Blue Origin’s first fueling of a New Glenn rocket stage with flight propellants, and the first engine burn of an integrated flight stage.
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