Blue Origin Faces Tight Eight-Day Window For New Glenn Debut Flight

The attachment of the New Glenn first stage aft and mid modules marked the final major mate operation, Blue Origin says.

Credit: Blue Origin
Blue Origin will have a very tight timeline for the inaugural launch of its first orbital rocket, which will be carrying a pair of small NASA science satellites aiming to reach Mars. Planetary alignments between Earth and Mars, which are optimal every 26 months, mean that New Glenn must launch by...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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