JETTY PARK/PORT CANAVERAL/CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – The 3rd Blue Origin New Glenn Mission (NG-3) was declared a failure after the upper stage malfunctioned and failed to place the payload into a useable orbit and resulted in a declaration of a total loss of the giant AST Mobile satellite. After the launch team decided on a few last
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – Blue Origin announced the launch date for New Glenn’s third mission, slated to launch no earlier than Sunday, April 19, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two-hour launch window will be open from 6:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. EDT / 10:45 – 12:45 UTC.
JETTY PARK & PORT CANAVERAL, FL – The Blue Origin New Glenn-2 first stage booster that accomplished a history making launch and landing last week Nov. 13 returned triumphantly to Port Canaveral in tow atop the company Jacklyn droneship early Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, less than 5 days after liftoff – and with billionaire founder Jeff Bezos on deck beaming
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Blue Origin reports in a post that they are readying their 2nd New Glenn rocket for launch sometime around the late October to early November timeframe – so long as all goes well with a hotfire test of the first stage in mid-October time period. The long delayed flight dubbed New Glenn-2 (NG-2) will be tasked
For Space UpClose 16 Jan 2025 COCOA BEACH, FL – Just in the nick of time we arrived back from traveling to witness the maiden launch of Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on the NG-1 test flight mission The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launched on the NG-1 mission at 2:03 AM ET Jan 16, 2025 from Space Launch Complex-36
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Blue Origin and company founder Jeff Bezos suffered a significant setback when their commercial New Shepard rocket failed for the first time ever about one minute after liftoff Monday morning, Sept. 12 from West Texas. Fortunately, however the capsule survived when it was saved by the abort motor which was automatically triggered
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Blue Origin is moving closer to the maiden launch of their commercial New Glenn orbit class rocket following delivery of the pathfinder mockup booster to the firms launch facility at pad 36 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in mid-November. The pathfinder simulator booster known officially as GS-1 was transported horizontally
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – William Shatner aka Capt. James Kirk of Star Trek launched to space successfully today, Oct. 13, riding on an emotional journey to the final frontier as the oldest the human ever- aboard a Blue Origin rocket who development was financed by billionaire Jeff Bezos rocket! And he emerged profoundly changed by the experience after
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – World famous Star Trek actor William Shatner aka Capt. Kirk will fly to space next week on billionaire Jeff Bezos New Shepard rocket, Blue Origin announced officially Monday, Oct. 4 – rounding out a crew of four on what counts as only the second trip of the new suborbital commercial rocket and
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Billionaire Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, achieved his lifelong dream Tuesday morning July 20 when he soared to the edge of space on the history making 1st human flight aboard his company’s New Shepard suborbital commercial rocket and capsule built by Blue Origin – the rocket company he founded and financed