Get the latest tech news

Blue Origin to roll out New Glenn second stage, enter final phase of launch prep


The large rocket will attempt to land on its debut flight.

However, Blue Origin has found a new sense or urgency under chief executive Dave Limp, who joined the company in December—hence the frenetic activity with the second stage over the Labor Day holiday weekend in the United States. Both Bezos and SpaceX founder Elon Musk have identified lower cost, rapidly reusable rockets as a key to expanding human activity in outer space. However, Bezos and Blue Origin are determined to gather all of the data possible from New Glenn's initial flight in order to reach reusability of the larger booster as soon as possible.

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/technology

Read more on:

Photo of Blue Origin

Blue Origin

Photo of New Glenn

New Glenn

Photo of launch prep

launch prep

Related news:

News photo

Blue Origin sets October 13 for first New Glenn EscaPADE to Mars

News photo

Blue Origin targets mid-October for New Glenn’s inaugural flight and launch of NASA’s Escapade Mars mission

News photo

Bezos' Blue Origin Suffers Fiery Setback Building New Rocket