{"id":792578,"date":"2025-01-13T00:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T05:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=792578"},"modified":"2025-01-13T00:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T05:06:06","slug":"jeff-bezos-blue-origin-prepares-to-launch-new-glenn-rocket-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=792578","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin Prepares to Launch New Glenn Rocket: Live Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"live-blog-post\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/12\/science\/blue-origin-launch-new-glenn#what-is-the-new-glenn-rocket\" data-source-id=\"100000009870409\">\n<div class=\"live-blog-meta css-1g3itdy\">\n<div class=\"css-yf9s2t\" data-testid=\"live-blog-byline\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1ppjtba\"><span class=\"css-xtl8uk\"><time class=\"css-iqvqz5\" datetime=\"2025-01-13T04:30:05.000Z\"><\/p>\n<p><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-time=\"abs\" class=\"css-1656jku\">Jan. 12, 2025, 11:30 p.m. ET<\/span><span data-time=\"rel\" class=\"css-xwx5dt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">When upright, the New Glenn is 320 feet tall. At liftoff, nearly four million pounds of thrust spew from its seven booster engines. But it is not the largest rocket.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Blue Origin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In many ways, New Glenn is just a big rocket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">It is 320 feet tall. That is a bit higher than the Statue of Liberty and its base. At liftoff, nearly four million pounds of thrust spewing from seven booster engines will push the rocket upward. Its voluminous nose cone, 23 feet wide in diameter, will be able to hold payloads that are physically larger than other rockets in operation today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">New Glenn, however, is not the biggest rocket. NASA\u2019s Space Launch System and SpaceX\u2019s Starship are both taller and more powerful. The Blue Origin rocket does not rely on never-before-seen, whiz-bang technologies. It is not fully reusable, unlike what SpaceX is trying to make possible with Starship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dzyl5h\">\n<section data-testid=\"inline-interactive\" id=\"blue-origin-rocket\" data-id=\"100000009920560\" data-source-id=\"100000009920560\" class=\"interactive-content interactive-size-scoop css-174j8de\">\n<div class=\"css-17ih8de interactive-body\" slug=\"blue-origin-rocket\" data-sourceid=\"100000009920560\" id=\"embed-id-100000009920560\">\n<p><!-- Generated by ai2html v0.121.1 - 2025-01-10 14:55 --><br \/>\n<!-- ai file: comparison.ai --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-comparison-box\" class=\"ai2html ai2html-responsive\" role=\"img\">\n<p>\t<!-- Artboard: 600 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-comparison-600\" class=\"g-artboard\" style=\"width:600px; height:592px;\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.014\" data-min-width=\"600\">\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-comparison-600-img\" class=\"g-comparison-img g-aiImg\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2025-01-12-blue-origin-rocket\/74b93d8c-b682-46d5-82e5-79b8358827e7\/_assets\/comparison-600.jpg\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-9\" class=\"g-text g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:97.0076%;margin-top:-17.3px;left:89.6989%;margin-left:-70px;width:140px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle5\">Relative size of the<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle5\">Space Shuttle<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- Artboard: 450 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-comparison-450\" class=\"g-artboard\" style=\"width:450px; height:592px;\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.76\" data-min-width=\"450\" data-max-width=\"599\">\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-comparison-450-img\" class=\"g-comparison-img g-aiImg\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2025-01-12-blue-origin-rocket\/74b93d8c-b682-46d5-82e5-79b8358827e7\/_assets\/comparison-450.jpg\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- Artboard: 325 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-comparison-325\" class=\"g-artboard\" style=\"max-width: 325px;max-height: 583px\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.557\" data-min-width=\"0\" data-max-width=\"449\">\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-comparison-325-img\" class=\"g-comparison-img g-aiImg\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2025-01-12-blue-origin-rocket\/74b93d8c-b682-46d5-82e5-79b8358827e7\/_assets\/comparison-325.jpg\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ai2html - 2025-01-10 14:55 -->\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In terms of technology, New Glenn is similar to but bigger than the Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX\u2019s current workhorse. The booster stage of New Glenn \u2014 the most expensive part of the rocket \u2014 is designed to land on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean, similar to how SpaceX recovers Falcon 9 boosters. The second stage, like those of almost all rockets in use today, will be discarded and burn up in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">But if New Glenn proves to be reliable and affordable, it should be able to carve out a profitable slice of the business of launching payloads to space for NASA, the Department of Defense and commercial companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"css-182hr0m\" data-testid=\"Show-More\" type=\"button\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Show more<\/button><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/12\/science\/blue-origin-launch-new-glenn?rand=772170\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 12, 2025, 11:30 p.m. ET When upright, the New Glenn is 320 feet tall. At liftoff, nearly four million pounds of thrust spew from its seven booster engines. 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