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Blue Origin will have a similar method to Falcon 9, with New Glenn's first stage featuring six legs for its landing and would be received by a sea-based landing vessel.
“We recently completed New Glenn’s first-stage test of its six landing legs — a key area for reusability, which lowers the cost of access to space,” the Jeff Bezos-led spaceflight company ...
Blue Origin has been mum about the payload that will fly on this rocket, but multiple people have told Ars that the current ...
Like Falcon 9, New Glenn’s first stage contains engines that can be re-lit during descent to allow a soft landing, and the rocket has six extendable landing legs that deploy just before ...
The primary goal for future New Glenn missions is, of course, to consistently and reliably land the booster. This involves ...
Blue Origin had hoped to recover the New Glenn’s booster by landing it on a ship, ... Immediately before touching down, the booster deploys six hydraulically-powered legs to ensure a safe landing.
Blue Origin will launch its first-ever New Glenn rocket on Jan. 10. ... The first stage, which is equipped with landing legs, fins and strakes, ...
The roughly 320-foot (98-meter) New Glenn is not only the first Blue Origin rocket designed to be capable of hauling satellites to space, it’s also among the most powerful in the world.
“We recently completed New Glenn’s first-stage test of its six landing legs — a key area for reusability, which lowers the cost of access to space,” the Jeff Bezos-led spaceflight company ...
Blue Origin will launch its first-ever New Glenn rocket on Jan. 10. ... The first stage, which is equipped with landing legs, fins and strakes, ...
New Glenn stands more than 320 feet (98 meters) high and features a 7-meter (23-foot-wide) payload fairing, which Blue Origin says can provide twice the volume of a standard 5-meter fairing.