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Florida’s East Coast hosts maiden flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin private space firm triumphantly launched its New Glenn rocket during its inaugural flight in the early morning hours of Thursday.
Launch summary: SpaceX launch of Blue Ghost lander from Kennedy Space Center
Launch summary: Scroll down for live updates regarding the launch of two lunar landers utilizing a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.
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Two lunar missions: Firefly Blue Ghost and ispace lander launch from Kennedy Space Center
At 1:11 a.m. on Wednesday, the sky above Cape Canaveral illuminate as a SpaceX Falcon 9 soared off the launch platform which sent NASA astronauts to the moon during the Apollo missions.
This was particularly fitting as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried two lunar landers — ispace’s lightweight lander known as RESILIENCE and Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander, which is transporting 10 scientific and technological payloads for NASA.
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Blue Origin launch summary: Live updates from New Glenn’s inaugural launch Thursday at Cape Canaveral
Launch summary: Scroll down for live updates prior to, during, and after the significant liftoff of Blue Origin’s New Glenn inaugural mission on Thursday, Jan. 16, from Cape Canaveral.
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‘We did it on our first attempt’: Blue Origin launches powerful New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral
Ascending from the launch pad amidst a billowing fiery cloud, Blue Origin’s formidable 321-foot-tall New Glenn rocket made its mark in history early Thursday morning during its inaugural mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The two-stage rocket lifted off into the night sky at 2:03 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 36. The heavy-lift vehicle’s second stage effectively transported the private space company’s Blue Ring pathfinder testing equipment into its designated orbit following two engine burns.
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‘Incredible how much of the sky illuminated’: Cape Canaveral audience cheers Blue Origin’s New Glenn
The seven BE-4 engines roared — causing astonished spectators to erupt in screams and cheers — as Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket climbed into the clouds while emitting bright white flames.
The immense 320-foot rocket ascended from Launch Complex 36 during its initial flight early Thursday, ascending into the atmosphere as the crowd on Cape Canaveral’s shoreline observed. The rocket was so colossal that it was clearly visible to those on the Brevard coast right at liftoff.
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Space Perspective owes $90K in overdue rent at Titusville airport; status of the company uncertain
Space Perspective, the Titusville balloon-tour business that aspires to one day carry passengers 100,000 feet above Earth within opulent pressurized capsules, owes $90,295 in overdue base rent for its location at Space Coast Regional Airport, records indicate — and the company’s status remains uncertain.
Activities seem to have largely come to a halt at Space Perspective’s “Mission Control” office building at the Titusville airport, where the facility has appeared primarily unoccupied in recent weeks. Nobody responded to the doorbell during three visits by FLORIDA TODAY since Jan. 6, and no vehicles were present in the parking lot just prior to 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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NASA astronauts Williams and Hague accomplish first spacewalk in over a year
After a break of more than a year, NASA effectively resumed spacewalks outside the International Space Station on Thursday.
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams, clad in pressurized NASA spacesuits, navigated through the Quest airlock and into the vastness of space.
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SpaceX loses Starship on seventh launch from Texas
The seventh fully-stacked SpaceX Starship successfully lifted off on time from Starbase, Texas, but around eight-and-a-half minutes into its flight, things began to go awry.
Things quickly deteriorated as the enormous SpaceX spacecraft detonated and disintegrated, falling in what resembled a vibrant meteor shower over the Turks and Caicos islands, located southeast of Florida.
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Space Force: As many as 156 orbital rockets could be launched during 2025 from
Florida’s Space Coast
Officials from the Space Force anticipate that as many as an astonishing 156 orbital rockets might be launched this year from Florida’s Space Coast — a bold figure that would surpass the newly set annual record of 93 launches in 2024.
“The majority will consist of commercial missions. We are also seeing a significant rise in national security space missions,” stated Col. Meredith Beg, Space Launch Delta 45’s vice commander for operations, during her speech at a National Space Club Florida Committee luncheon on January 14 at Radisson Resort at the Port in Cape Canaveral. She unveiled the forecast of 156 launches.
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Blue Origin’s Jacklyn returns to Port Canaveral sans New Glenn first stage
On Saturday, onlookers observed as Jacklyn, Blue Origin’s rocket recovery vessel, made its way back to Port Canaveral exactly as it departed.
The first-stage booster of New Glenn, named So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance, was absent from view. Although Blue Origin confirmed after the launch that the booster had been lost, it remained unclear if any remnants of the booster were left.
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SpaceX aims for early Tuesday morning Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida
Following its maiden launch and SpaceX’s impressive Starship explosion and booster recovery, the launch itinerary for the Space Coast will pick up again early Tuesday morning with another essential Starlink mission.
Details: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to carry another batch of Starlink satellites that provide internet connectivity to low-Earth orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, as indicated by a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory.
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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. You can reach Neale at [email protected]. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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