One just launched the world’s biggest rocket, with mixed success. The other makes small model rockets for hobbyists, and it's ...
At 2:03 a.m. Eastern time, seven powerful engines ignited at the base of a 320-foot-tall rocket named New Glenn. The flames illuminated night into day at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The gargantuan rocket blasted off from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and flight test facility on the Gulf Coast at 5:37 p.m. Eastern Time, firing up 33 methane-burning Raptor engines ...
Another point of contention is the deluge system, which creates thousands of gallons of toxic wastewater to cool launch pads and rocket engines after testing. While the EPA and the Texas ...
Blue Origin builds reusable rocket engines, launch vehicles, in-space systems, and lunar landers." When it does happen, the launch will occur from Space Launch Complex-36, which will make for a ...
The Starship rocket system is the largest ever built — 403 feet tall, or nearly 100 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty including the pedestal. And it has the most engines ever in a rocket ...
The more than 400-foot rocket, powered by 33 Raptor engines, appeared to lift off successfully at 4:37 p.m. CT from SpaceX's launchpad at its Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas. But minutes ...
An entire New Shepard rocket could fit within the fairing, with room to spare on the sides. The flames of New Glenn’s BE-4 engines. (Photo Courtesy of Trevor Mahlmann) Blue Origin founder Jeff ...
That, obviously, did not stick: delays with development of the rocket’s engine, the BE-4, and other setbacks shifted the schedule significantly. It should be noted, however, that Blue Origin has ...