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China launches new Long March 12B rocket, reportedly without any safety warning

China launches new Long March 12B rocket, reportedly without any safety warning China's Long March 12B rocket has blasted off on its maiden voyage carrying more Qianfan "Thousand Sails" satellites, during a surprise launch for which there were reportedly no airspace notices. China just launched its rival to SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for the first time, reportedly without providing any advance safety warnings. The 236-foot-tall (72 meters) March 12B rocket blasted off at 4.40 p.m. local time...

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Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts

Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin said Tuesday that last week's rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad. Critical to NASA's Artemis moon program, the company's massive New Glenn rocket blew up during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. A lightning tower and the transporter-erector used to move and hoist the rocket were destroyed in...

Phys.org 7d ago

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to return to flight before year ends, CEO says

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to return to flight before year ends, CEO says June 2 : Blue Origin will return its New Glenn rocket to flight before the year ends, CEO Dave Limp said late on Monday, days after one of the rockets exploded, damaging the company's launch pad and tightening a U.S. launch bottleneck for satellite companies. Blue Origin staff has inspected damage to the company's only launch pad, and the company has not said what may have caused the explosion on Thursday. Limp...

Channel News Asia 7d ago

Rocket launches and reentries harm Earth's ozone layer

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Phys.org 1d ago

Blue Origin says New Glenn rocket will launch again 'before the end of the year' after explosion

Blue Origin says New Glenn rocket will launch again 'before the end of the year' after explosion And there's only about half of the year left… After its rocket explosion, Blue Origin wants to complete repairs and put another New Glenn on the launchpad before the end of 2026, according to CEO Dave Limp. That's very ambitious. The company's New Glenn rocket stood at Launch Complex-36 (LC-36) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station last Thursday (May 28) for a static hot fire test ahead of the...

Space.com 6d ago

Blue Origin faces months of delays after rocket explosion damages launch pad

Blue Origin faces months of delays after rocket explosion damages launch pad NEW YORK, May 30 : Blue Origin faces a months-long setback after the explosion of a rocket damaged its launch pad, company and industry sources said, scrambling schedules for Amazon satellite launches and bolstering SpaceX's dominance in the commercial launch market. The mishap, which occurred during a test fire of the engines for the New Glenn rocket's launch next week, comes at a critical time for Jeff Bezos'...

Channel News Asia 11d ago

Blue Origin launchpad damaged in rocket explosion may not be restored until 2028, NASA's Isaacman says

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Monday told CNBC that it will "take some serious time" to restore the launchpad damaged last week by a Blue Origin rocket explosion. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin was conducting a hot-fire test of its massive New Glenn rocket on Thursday at a Space Force launch facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida, when the rocket erupted into a fireball. Bezos confirmed that all Blue Origin personnel were safe following the incident, and pledged to rebuild, while calling it a...

CNBC 8d ago

Trump’s moon mission at risk after huge rocket explosion

A devastating rocket explosion in Florida threatens to delay U.S. President Donald Trump’s grand vision to return American astronauts to the moon by 2028 and build a lunar base. One of the rockets NASA was relying on to get to the moon exploded on its launchpad Thursday night — a huge setback for Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company, as it aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX and build a rocket that can ferry cargo and humans into orbit and beyond.

Politico EU 11d ago

Chinese-launched rocket lights up Australian skies

Chinese-launched rocket lights up Australian skies as it's bound for orbit Wed 10 Jun 2026 at 7:10am A Chinese rocket has lit up the skies across Queensland and northern New South Wales overnight, as it passed over north-eastern Australia. University of Southern Queensland astrophysicist Professor Jonti Horner said the Zhuque 2E Block 2 rocket was launched about 6.20pm from a Chinese satellite launch centre and was visible over Queensland about 20 minutes later last night.

ABC Australia 14h ago

Watch SpaceX set new rocket reuse record with 35th launch — and landing — of a Falcon 9 booster (video)

Watch SpaceX set new rocket reuse record with 35th launch — and landing — of a Falcon 9 booster (video) Liftoff occurred at 6:13 a.m. EDT on Monday (June 8). SpaceX has again broken its own rocket reuse record, launching a first stage booster for its 35th time. The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, launched on Monday (June 8).

Space.com 1d ago