Blue Origin scrubs New Glenn's second flight due to bad weather

Blue Origin was previously given a backup opportunity set for Monday afternoon, but the FAA has since issued an emergency order restricting commercial launches for the time being due to the government ...

Blue Origin Set to Launch NASA’s Mars-Bound ESCAPADE Mission on New Glenn Rocket

The ESCAPADE mission, short for Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, consists of two Mars-bound satellites, aptly named ‘Blue’ and ‘Gold’. These spacecraft will be launched aboard ...

Landmark Mars mission and first big test for Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket is delayed by weather

Blue Origin is preparing a second launch of its New Glenn rocket, this time with twin Mars orbiters on board. The company ...

Blue Origin to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Mars: How to Watch

This will be the second flight of the orbital rocket from Jeff Bezos’s space company and will include a key test of whether ...
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Super STOL: A Look at Operation Credible Sport and the XFC-130H

Inside the audacious plan to convert a C-130 Hercules into a rocket-assisted Super STOL aircraft capable of landing in a confined urban space for a daring ...

Bezos's Blue Origin set to launch NASA mission to Mars

New Glenn, the towering rocket built by Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin, is set to take off on its second mission ...

Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission

That’s what it took to save NASA’s ESCAPADE mission from a lengthy delay, and possible cancellation, after its rocket wasn’t ready to send it toward Mars during its appointed launch window last year.