Blue Origin is gearing up for a high-stakes launch with its New Glenn rocket
For this uncrewed launch, New Glenn will house the Blue Ring Pathfinder, a payload consisting of a communications array, a power system, and a flight computer. This will let Blue Origin test its Blue Ring spacecraft, which will eventually support missions with refueling, hosting, data relay, and cloud computing capabilities.
Launch of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket postponed due to 'vehicle subsystem issue'
Bezos’ space company Blue Origin started at about the same time as Musk’s SpaceX but since then Musk’s firm has launched more than 400 of its Falcon 9 rockets into orbit and is testing out its giant Starship rocket which it hopes will send astronauts to the Moon and one day possibly on to Mars.
Blue Origin expects the New Glenn to provide a viable alternative to SpaceX's market-dominating Falcon family of rockets.
Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, expressed optimism about the future of his space exploration ...
The launch will mark Blue Origin’s first foray into the business of sending rockets to orbit. If successful, it could ...
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