Comments on: New Glenn gets FAA launch approval, test fires engines

By: BuckGalaxy

BuckGalaxy — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 07:26:49 +0000

Quite an accomplishment for its very first flight! First stage booster fired its landing thrusters and came close to landing but lost telemetry and missed the floating landing pad.

Still, the second stage achieved orbit. The Muskmobile has competition at last!

By: BuckGalaxy

BuckGalaxy — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 06:05:46 +0000

This is turning into a very long thread. It will launch someday…

By: BuckGalaxy

BuckGalaxy — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 02:35:21 +0000

In a surprise move, New Glenn willl make another launch attempt 1am Tuesday! (6.5 hours from now)

HOWEVER, there is a poor weather forecast and a good chance it will be scrubbed again.

By: BuckGalaxy

BuckGalaxy — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:08:53 +0000

No new launch date set yet.

By: BuckGalaxy

BuckGalaxy — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 06:05:11 +0000

Damn. Slips again by 24 hours. Monday 1am EST

By: BuckGalaxy

BuckGalaxy — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:18:53 +0000

Rough seas inhibit the booster stage landing on the floating platform.

By: BuckGalaxy

BuckGalaxy — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:17:31 +0000

This first launch will be an orbital launch. Space X’s heavy lift rocket Starship has only reached orbit once, in its third test. The rest have been suborbital test launches.

Coincidentally Starship launch 7 will also be on Friday for another suborbital test. It’s also scheduled to use its Mechazilla Chop Stick catch technique again on the booster.

By: BuckGalaxy

BuckGalaxy — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 02:03:29 +0000

That's ER time in Florida. Not confirmed that they will launch then, but after liftoff, the New Glenn first-stage booster will target landing aboard Blue Origin's drone ship Jacklyn, which was named for Bezos' mother, hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic Ocean. Thursday afternoon, various space websites and observers noted that Jacklyn was departing Port Canaveral, sparking speculative buzz. If not early Wednesday morning there is another launch window on Friday.