Blue Origin Marks Successful Hotfire Of BE-4 Rocket Engine

Credit: Blue Origin
Privately owned Blue Origin completed its first successful hotfire test of a full-scale methane-fueled BE-4 rocket engine that is expected to not only power Blue’s fleet of reusable orbital New Glenn vehicles, but also replace the Russian-made engines used by United Launch Alliance (ULA) boosters...

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