Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will refly booster on next launch of powerful New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is about to show its reusability chops. New Glenn will loft one of AST SpaceMobile's huge Block 2 BlueBird internet-beaming satellites on its next mission, which is targeted for late February, Blue Origin announced on Thursday (Jan. 22). That flight will be the third overall for New Glenn, and the first to feature a flight-proven booster: It will reuse the first stage from New Glenn's second flight (NG-2), which launched NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars probes on Nov. 13, Blue Origin said on Thursday. More

(Source: Space.com - Jan 24)