Rocket Science and Propulsion – Page 4

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Could Race SpaceX to the Moon

While SpaceX has a major head start on the way to orbit, Blue Origin has a plan to put an uncrewed spacecraft on the moon in 12-16 months.

By Kenneth Chang

Bigger than the Statue of Liberty, the SpaceX vehicle is central to NASA’s plans to get to the moon and Elon Musk’s dreams of the red planet.

By Kenneth Chang

The Japanese company hoped to become the country’s first private business to put a satellite into orbit. The failed launch was its inaugural flight.

By Yan Zhuang

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket rolled to the launchpad for a series of tests in preparation for its maiden flight later this year.

By Kenneth Chang