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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will not fly again until January 2027, chief executive Dave Limp told employees, as the company unveiled a third stage and a lighter, more powerful booster engine.
NASA unveiled the X-70 Fractal, a crewed experimental aircraft with rapidly reconfigurable flight controls, at its UP.Summit on Wednesday, with first flight expected within two years.
NASA issued a request for information Oct. 29 asking the commercial space industry to propose boosting and servicing the 36-year-old Hubble telescope, or a controlled deorbit if rescue proves impossible.
NASA said Artemis III, launching in 2027, will spend about 14 days in low Earth orbit docking Orion with test versions of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon and SpaceX’s Starship, a rehearsal that will also decide which lander flies the 2028 lunar landing.
