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New Glenn NG-1 rocket completes a hotfire test
Although New Glenn has yet to fly, its BE-4 methane engines have already reached orbit. Twice in 2024 ULA's Vulcan rocket—the successor to the Atlas V, which had been ULA's heavy-lift workhorse ...
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn debut could face poor weather for planned overnight launch attempt
While Vulcan only used two BE-4s, the seven on New Glenn can produce 3.85 million pounds of thrust on liftoff, which makes it more than twice as powerful than SpaceX’s Falcon 9, and more ...
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on 1st test flight and reaches orbit
New Glenn is the latest in a series of big, new rockets to launch in recent years, including United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan, Europe’s upgraded Ariane 6 and NASA’s Space Launch System or SLS ...