#SpaceX has developed two heavy lift rockets in the last decade, and #BlueOrigin just launched #NewGlenn. Each of these rockets is at least partially reusable 
and flies at less than one-tenth 
the cost of the #SLS rocket 
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/boeing-has-informed-its-employees-that-nasa-may-cancel-sls-contracts
Jolies images satellites du lanceur #NewGlenn sur le pas de tir LC-36 à Cap Canaveral prise ces derniers jours par un satellite Pléiades d'Airbus Space
(via Harry Stranger)
Le lanceur #NewGlenn a été roulé puis érigé sur le pas de tir LC-36 à Cap Canaveral.
Il reste des essais avant le vol inaugural attendu d'ici la fin de l'année 
Blue Origin
Préparation du vol inaugural de #NewGlenn : le premier étage GS-1 a été couplé au second étage GS-2 Blue Origin
> The New Glenn rocket’s first stage is real, and it’s spectacular
Le premier étage de la #NewGlenn, modèle GS1, est en route pour le pas de tir LC-36 situé à 37 km.
Il faut 2 remorques reliées par un châssis porteur de 94 m (presque un terrain de football) et un camion Oshkosh M1070 de 505 ch, 22 essieux et 176 pneus. D. Limp
Les 7 moteurs BE-4 et leurs protections thermiques sont désormais installés sur le premier étage de #NewGlenn. Trois des 7 moteurs sont dotés d'un cardan pour fournir le contrôle d'orientation du lanceur pendant l'ascension, la rentrée et l'atterrissage sur le navire de récupération Jacklyn. Blue Origin
Aujourd’hui réussite du vol suborbital (apogée à 101 km) de #NewShepard #NS27 avec 12 charges utiles à bord dont 2 capteurs lidar pour le futur atterrisseur lunaire de Blue Origin et un système de navigation pour le lanceur #NewGlenn Blue Origin
#BlueOrigin's #NewGlenn underwent a successful hot-fire test. They are still tracking toward a November launch https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/blue-origin-completes-second-stage-hot-fire-test-of-large-new-rocket/
Blue Origin a effectué avec succès un essai d'allumage de 15 secondes des moteurs du 2e étage de son lanceur #NewGlenn.
Le but était de valider les interactions entre les sous-systèmes du 2e étage, ses 2 moteurs BE-3U et les systèmes de contrôle au sol.
Le vol inaugural est désormais annoncé pour novembre.
2nd #BlueOrigin / #NewGlenn tour by #EverydayAstronaut
00:36 - Production Campus
01:08 - Final Assembly Bay
02:03 - Strake
03:51 - Booster Mid-Section
11:51 - Brilliant Ad
13:21 - Integration Facility
15:06 - Launch Pad
27:13 - Launch Tower
36:58 - History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu8SlfmpKM4
#NASA stands down from October launch*. #ESCAPADE could launch in the spring of 
2025. Although the "Mars 
window" only opens every 18 to 24 months, there are complex trajectories by which a payload launched in the spring of 2025 could reach the red planet https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/new-glenns-debut-will-slip-into-november-as-nasa-decides-to-not-fuel-escapade
* https://blogs.nasa.gov/escapade/2024/09/06/nasa-stands-down-from-october-launch-for-escapade-to-mars
Whether it launches #ESCAPADE next month, or some other payload on its debut flight after October, #NewGlenn will attempt an ambitious drone ship landing of the first stage on its debut launch. Success is unlikely... https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/blue-origin-to-roll-out-new-glenn-second-stage-enter-final-phase-of-launch-prep/
The upper portion of one #rocket crumpled into itself while it was being moved to a storage hangar. In a separate incident, another upper rocket portion failed during stress testing and exploded 
. #BlueOrigin is rushing to meet a tight deadline for a #NASA mission called #Escapade. #NewGlenn’s launch is set for roughly two months from now because at that time #Mars will be close enough to Earth. After October, the planets won’t align like that again for two years. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-suffers-fiery-setback-building-new-rocket/
“#Amazon is purchasing up to 83 launches from #Arianespace, #BlueOrigin and #ULA”. At current market prices, it is assumed that the launch Capex from these 83 launches could be as high as $6 billion to $10 billion, deploying only half 
as many satellites as #Starlink already did by mid-2024. If #Kuiper had access to the same launch deal as Starlink, its launch Capex could be less than half 
of what it is estimated here. https://spacenews.com/spacex-and-the-categorical-imperative-to-achieve-low-launch-cost/
The global #SpaceEconomy is projected to climb 41% 
over the next five years.
#Paris-based #Constellium’s shares rose 69% last year. The #aluminum manufacturer provides plates and sheets for #BlueOrigin’s #NewGlenn orbital rocket
#UK-based #Hunting, which can trace its origins back 150 years, decided to move into the #space sector two years ago. It now provides parts for the landing legs of #SpaceX rockets and fuel storage for #BlueOrigin
