Blue Origin gets its New Glenn rocket on track
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 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.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Moves Closer to First Orbital Launch After Successful Second-Stage Hot Fire Test
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully completed a second-stage hot fire test, marking a significant step toward its first orbital launch.
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.
Blue Origin completes second-stage hot-fire test of large new rocket
Twenty days after it rolled out to Blue Origin's launch site in Florida, the second stage of the massive New Glenn rocket underwent a successful hot-fire test on Monday. The second stage—known as GS2 for Glenn stage 2—ignited for 15 seconds as part of the "risk reduction" hot-fire test,
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Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to debut Oct. 13 with NASA Mars launch
Blue Origin's first New Glenn rocket will lift off from Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, debuting at last after years of delays in its development.
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Blue Origin successfully completes 8th manned New Shepard space tourism flight
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