spacetoday.net: space news from around the webin association with SpaceNews


Blue Origin reveals details about vehicle test
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007, 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
Blue Origin Goddard vehicle before first flight (Blue Origin) Blue Origin, the secretive launch vehicle startup established by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, posted information on its web site this week about its first flight test and development plans. In the most detailed release of information by the company to date, the company provided photos and videos of the November 13th flight of Goddard, the first prototype in its New Shepard program to develop a vertical takeoff, vertical landing suborbital RLV. Goddard flew to an altitude of over 85 meters during the 30-second flight that day at the company's spaceport in West Texas. In a letter on the web site, Bezos said that Blue Origin is taking a methodical, incremental approach to flight testing and development. The company did not release information about a December test flight that apparently was aborted, nor a schedule of future test flights.
<<previous article   next article>>
news in brief
Rocket Lab maintains 2025 target for first Neutron launch
Posted: Sat, Mar 1 11:32 AM ET (1632 GMT)

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, Mar 1 11:23 AM ET (1623 GMT)

Falcon 9 launches IM-2 lunar lander
Posted: Sat, Mar 1 11:20 AM ET (1620 GMT)

news links
Friday, March 14
Calls Swell For The U.S. To Invest In Space Superiority
Aviation Week — 4:23 am ET (0823 GMT)
Autonomy Has Outpaced International Space Law
War on the Rocks — 4:20 am ET (0820 GMT)
Sonic boom expected from SpaceX's second launch this week from Vandenberg SFB
KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo, CA — 4:20 am ET (0820 GMT)


about spacetoday.net   ·   info@spacetoday.net   ·   mailing list