(Blue Origin Press Release) January 16, 2025 – New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today’s NG-1 mission, accomplishing the company’s primary objective. New Glenn’s seven BE-4 engines ignited on January 16, 2025, at 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 UTC) from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The second stage made its… [Continue Reading]
January 5, 2025 – Speculation is high concerning the imminent launching one of the largest space vehicles from Florida’s Space Coast since the days of the Apollo Mission when the massive Saturn V flew astronauts to the moon. Although a date has not yet been announced, it seems the New Glenn rocket from Blue Origin… [Continue Reading]
December 31, 2024 – A record-breaking year was wrapped up just past midnight on Dec. 31 when the 93rd and last launch of the year lit up the night sky above Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 launch also marked a perfect score for SpaceX which had zero failures of Falcon 9s in the last… [Continue Reading]
December 29, 2024 – With the successful hotfire test of Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket, the final major milestone to the company’s first flight of the vehicle is now on the horizon. Although no date has yet been set for launch, NG-1 is set to carry a Blue Ring Pathfinder as its first manifested payload… [Continue Reading]
November 12, 2024 – What a great way to celebrate Veteran’s Day. Launch watchers around the Titusville area had to be pleased with not one, but two opportunities to watch blast offs from across the water. The first launch at 12;22 p.m. broke the record as the 77th orbital launch during a single calendar year… [Continue Reading]
(October 22, 2024) NASA has awarded Boeing a two-year engineering and sustainment contract, continuing the company’s more than three decades’ support of the International Space Station (ISS). The contract extension, through Sept. 30, 2026, will enable Boeing to provide essential engineering support for the majority of the station’s hardware and software systems. The company will… [Continue Reading]
June 6, 2024 – Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has become the sixth unique spacecraft to transport crew in U.S. history, with a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket sending the reusable capsule carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station. Rocketing from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday, the… [Continue Reading]
April 26, 2024 (Boeing press release) Boeing and NASA are proceeding with plans for the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft’s Crew Flight Test following a Flight Test Readiness Review at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The readiness review is a standard pre-launch milestone ahead of all human spaceflight missions, and is a forum for technical… [Continue Reading]
March 27, 2024 – (from ULA) As preparations continue for the final launch of the Delta rocket, United Launch Alliance (ULA) salutes the generations of current and former Delta teammates who designed, built, assembled and launched this storied family of rockets for the past 63 years. Delta is completing its mission as ULA transitions to… [Continue Reading]
