Rocket Report: A dark day for Blue Origin; Pentagon eyes new launch site
Major malfunction
A new crew launched to China’s Tiangong space station, and one of the astronauts will stay for a year.
A Long March 2F rocket boosts China's Shenzhou 23 crew into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the Tiangong space station. Credit: VCG/VCG via Getty Images
Welcome to Edition 8.43 of the Rocket Report! A disclaimer: No one yet fully appreciates the ramifications of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explosion Thursday night on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. What we know as of this writing is that much of Blue’s sole orbital-class launch pad has been destroyed, and the New Glenn rocket will be grounded for an extended period of time. It is too soon for any hot takes, at least until the Sun rises at the Cape on Friday morning. One thing I am sure of is that we will be writing about this event for weeks,...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to arstechnica.com. To see the full text click HERE
