Blue Origin achieved a significant milestone with the successful test firing of its New Glenn rocket. The test involved igniting and firing all seven engines for 24 seconds, simulating a true launch scenario.
reports, Blue Origin had to attempt the countdown several times over a few hours, but the company managed to ignite and fire New Glenn 's seven engines for 24 seconds in the end. New Glenn 's tanks were filled with fuel and the rocket was fitted with a 45,000-pound payload mass simulator as if it truly was heading to space.
Blue Origin says this is the first time it operated the vehicle as an integrated system, with New Glenn SVP Jarrett Jones calling the test's completion a 'monumental milestone.' The Federal Aviation Administration has also The company describes New Glenn as a 'giant, reusable rocket built for bigger things.' It also said that it was 'engineered with the safety and redundancy required to fly humans,' though its inaugural flight will be uncrewed. Its first flight was supposed to carrying two NASA satellites heading to Mars, but it had to be scrapped because the rocket wasn't ready by then. New Glenn will now fly for the first time with the company's Blue Ring Pathfinder, part of its Blue Ring platform that will offer spacecraft services to clients like the Pentagon, instead. While Blue Origin didn't announce a new launch date for the rocket, it's expected to be the company's first flight for 2025 an
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