1. Blue Origin Pivots: Pauses New Shepard to Focus on Moon & New Glenn

    Blue Origin has announced a two-year pause of its New Shepard suborbital tourism program to reallocate resources toward NASA’s $3.6 billion Blue Moon lunar lander and the New Glenn orbital rocket. The company has completed 38 suborbital flights si...
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  2. Blue Origin Reuses New Glenn Booster, But AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 Is Stranded in Wrong Orbit

    Blue Origin refurbished and re-flew a New Glenn first stage for the first time on the NG-3 mission, landing the booster at sea on its second flight. The upper stage underperformed. Preliminary data indicate one of the two BE-3U engines did not pro...
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  3. FAA Grounds New Glenn, Orders Mishap Investigation

    The FAA grounded New Glenn on Monday and ordered a mishap investigation into the NG-3 upper-stage underperformance. The agency must approve Blue Origin's final report and any corrective actions before returning to flight. Blue Origin's tentative f...
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