Blue Origin Fires Up BE-4 Methane-Fuel Rocket Engine

Credit: Blue Origin
Privately owned Blue Origin completed a successful first hotfire 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. “This...

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