Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin readied the company’s powerful New Glenn rocket for its long-awaited maiden flight early Sunday, kicking off a high-stakes bid to compete head-to-head with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its industry dominating Falcon family of rockets. While more than one successful test flight will be needed to demonstrate the reliability needed for launches … Read more
Blue Origin to launch New Glenn rocket after 10 years of development – CBS News Watch CBS News Space company Blue Orbit will be launching its New Glenn rocket on Sunday after more than 10 years of development. CBS News space consultant William Harwood has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for … Read more
After an independent review concluded NASA’s plans to robotically collect and return rock and soil samples from Mars could cost up to $11 billion, NASA “pulled the plug” and is focusing on two options to reduce costs and speed up the return of the samples, agency Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday. Option one would use … Read more
NASA’s powerful Webb Telescope has spotted more than 40 ancient stars in a distant galaxy, researchers said in a new study. The study, published Monday in Nature, said the researchers used a technique called gravitational lensing to identify the stars. The phenomenon occurs when light bends around a large celestial body, making objects in space … Read more