Enlarge / Dave Limp, Blue Origin’s new CEO, and founder Jeff Bezos observe the New Glenn rocket on its launch pad Wednesday at Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station, Florida. (credit score: Jeff Bezos through Instagram)
Anybody who has tracked the event of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has been ready for indicators of progress from the normally secretive house firm. On Wednesday, engineers rolled a full-scale New Glenn rocket, partially made up of flight {hardware}, to a launch pad in Florida for floor testing.
The primary New Glenn launch is nearly actually no less than six months away, and it might not even occur this yr. In the previous couple of years, observers inside and outdoors the house business have grow to be accustomed to the almost annual ritual of one other New Glenn launch delay. New Glenn’s inaugural flight has been delayed from 2020 till 2021, then 2022, and for now, is slated for later this yr.
But it surely feels totally different now. Blue Origin is clearly shifting nearer to lastly launching a rocket into orbit.
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