The Federal Aviation Administration has paused SpaceX's the launch of its Starship rocket as the U.S. agency oversees an investigation by the private company of the breakup after a test launch Thursday.
Blue Origin scored a major win with its New Glenn rocket launch, but SpaceX still leads the space industry with a Falcon fleet and upcoming Starship.
On Thursday, the FAA issued a mishap investigation into Blue Origin’s maiden rocket launch of its New Glenn rocket. Early Thursday morning, the New Glenn rocket took off from Launch Pad 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. While the launch of the ...
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is the company's first orbital-class launch vehicle. It stands a towering 320 feet tall (98 meters). It features a reusable first stage designed to return to Earth after launch and land on a barge named Jacklyn, after Jeff Bezos ' mother, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Blue Origin: New Glenn Soared to Orbit On First Test Flight Featuring a Slow Burn Climb to the Skies
Jeff Bezos' humongous reusable rocket, New Glenn, made its way to orbit in its first test flight earlier today.
Recent scientific advances and challenges include SpaceX's Starship explosion, Blue Origin's New Glenn launch, a scent to help find human remains, Australopithecus dietary findings, and a lavish bath uncovered in Pompeii.
After exploding, the craft sent blazing debris across the sky and forced multiple aircraft flying over and near the Caribbean to divert.
The US has grounded SpaceX's giant Starship rocket while an investigation is carried out into why it exploded during its latest test flight. The rocket's upper stage dramatically broke up and disintegrated over the Caribbean after launching from Texas on Thursday,
In the lead-up to this launch, SpaceX confirmed it planned to launch a new version of Starship. The updated spacecraft was about 6.5 feet (2 meters) taller than the last one. It also included a raft of internal upgrades to avionics and propulsion to bring Starship closer to orbital operations.
The Super Heavy booster, meanwhile, was successfully caught in the launch tower's mechanical arms for only the second time
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