A Blue Origin New Glenn heavy-lift rocket exploded during a static fire test at Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, marking another major setback for the company and casting doubt on NASA’s reliance on it for lunar missions.
Blue Origin’s Blue Moon human landing system has completed vacuum chamber testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, marking a key milestone for the Artemis program. Meanwhile, NASA has released over 12,000 Artemis II mission photographs.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket malfunctioned during its third launch mission, placing a customer satellite into the wrong orbit, adding another setback for the Bezos-backed space company.