NASA Pulls Mars Probes From New Glenn First Flight

The upper stage for the debut New Glenn launch was rolled out to SLC-36 at Cape Canaveral SFS on Sept. 3 for a hot-fire test.

Credit: Blue Origin
CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA has pulled a pair of small science satellites from the inaugural launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket due to concerns that the booster would not be ready to fly during the short planetary window needed to send the probes to Mars. Blue Origin had been targeting New Glenn’s...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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