Blue Origin Successfully Test-Fires New Glenn Rocket Engines at Cape Canaveral Written 3 November 2025
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New Glenn at liftoff during the NG-1 mission, January 16, 2025. | Credit: Blue Origin
Ars Technica reports, “The road to the second flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lifting New Glenn rocket got a lot clearer Thursday night with a success test-firing of the launcher’s seven main engines on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Standing on a seaside launch pad, the New Glenn rocket ignited its seven BE-4 main engines at 9:59 pm EDT Thursday (01:59 UTC Friday). The engines burned for 38 seconds while the rocket remained firmly on the ground, according to a social media post by Blue Origin.”
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