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Bezos Trots Out New Glenn Rocket Design

2016-09-13 19:11:43| TechNewsWorld

Jeff Bezos on Monday disclosed details about the New Glenn rockets his Blue Origin aerospace company plans to build. "Blue Origin's next step ... meet New Glenn," he tweeted. Bezos released illustrations of two models, the New Glenn 2 and the larger New Glenn 3. They're larger than all other rockets except the Saturn V, which NASA used for the Apollo program to send astronauts to the moon and other missions.

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SES company first to use 'second-hand' SpaceX rocket

2016-08-30 14:10:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Luxembourg-based SES says it is going to be the first satellite operator to launch a spacecraft on a "second-hand" rocket - a Falcon 9 that previously sent supplies to the space station.

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Watch NASA test the worlds largest solid rocket booster today live

2016-06-28 14:32:30| Extremetech

This second test of the Space Launch System's solid rocket booster will cool the unit to its minimum operating temperature, then light it up for a full 2-minute burn that outputs 3.6 million pounds of thrust.

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Missile Defense Agency Completes Successful Flight Tests Of Enhanced Nozzle For SM-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor

2016-06-10 04:36:25| metrologyworld News Articles

Orbital ATK, Inc., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced recentlythe Missile Defense Agency’s successful tests of its enhanced MK 136 Third Stage Rocket Motor (TSRM) nozzle on the Raytheon Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IB in Controlled Test Vehicles (CTVs)-01a/02

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