#newglenn — Public Fediverse posts

🚀 Le prochain lancement de #NewGlenn se prépare : le second étage GS2 est en route pour le site Stennis de la NASA pour un essai statique à chaud (hotfire).
Le premier étage baptisé « Never Tell Me the Odds » a regagné le bâtiment d'intégration au complexe de lancement 36 (LC-36) de Cap Canaveral, un peu plus de 3 mois après que Blue Origin l'a retiré pour les opérations de nettoyage du pas de tir consécutives à l'explosion de la New Glenn le 28 mai.
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Weekly output: Pope Leo XIV on AI, American Airlines + Starlink, Taara photonics, New Glenn explosion, way less Waymo

I did not see Project Hail Mary as soon as possible, but I did see it tonight and am very glad that I did, If you haven’t watched that movie, please do so while it’s still available on a big screen at a theater near you.

Patreon readers got an extra post Saturday inspired by a different sort of larger-than-life multimedia experience, seeing Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Nats Park Wednesday: a recap of the few years when I had “concert reviewer” as a low-paying, in-house side hustle at the Washington Post.

5/25/2026: Pope Leo XIV: Unchecked AI Development Risks Building a New Tower of Babel, PCMag

I spent much of Monday morning reading the pope’s encyclical about AI, then spent much of the afternoon writing a post unpacking that lengthy document for PCMag readers. Yes, Monday was a holiday, but as somebody brought up Catholic who then went to a Jesuit university, I felt like I had to do this work.

5/26/2026: American Airlines Will Switch to Starlink for Now, But Only on Airbus Narrowbodies, PCMag

American’s press release about this coming upgrade to the WiFi on part of its fleet left multiple questions unanswered, so I was glad that a publicist for AA fielded my questions as quickly as she did.

5/29/2026: Taara CEO: Our free-space optics links go where fiber won’t, Light Reading

I sat down with Mahesh Krishnaswamy, founder and CEO of this Alphabet moonshot offshoot, at the start of a busy day at Web Summit Vancouver two weeks ago. A small part of that conversation surfaced in a piece I did for PCMag about photonics that itself began with a trip to San Jose for NTT Research’s Upgrade conference there in mid April (with NTT covering my travel costs), but the rest had to wait for this piece. That, in turn,  required me to have some downtime in which to write it, and as you may have noticed May was another ridiculous month for travel.

5/29/2026: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes Spectacularly During Ground Test, PCMag

This is an outright disaster, and not just for Blue–if you want to see SpaceX get some competition for satellite-to-phone data, fast inflight WiFi and a return of American astronauts to the Moon’s surface, New Glenn would have been at least helpful if not outright essential. Blue not only has to figure out what went wrong with its heavy-lift rocket and fix that, it also has to either rebuild the launch complex mostly destroyed by this explosion or speed up construction of the second pad it has planned.

5/29/2026: Waymo Halts Freeway Operations, Stops Service in Some Cities Without Clearly Communicating What’s Up, PCMag

I had missed covering Waymo ending freeway service because that happened when I was flying home from Google I/O, but after seeing how badly that company had informed customers about that cutback in service and its suspensions of all service in some cities, I realized I had a broader piece to write.

#JerusalemPost:
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Blue Origin faces months of delays after rocket explosion damages launch pad, experts say

A Blue Origin booster called "No, It's Necessary" - a nod to a line from the film Interstellar - was wrecked in the incident on Thursday, and the launch pad was "practically destroyed," experts said.
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https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-897791

30.5.2026

#BE4 #BlueOrigin #BO #CapeCanaveral #explosion #LC36 #LNG #NewGlenn #NoItsNecessary #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #USA

#Spaceflightnow:
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during prelaunch testing at Cape Canaveral
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".. appeared to destroy at least one of the lightning protection towers at LC-36 and the transporter erector. Until a full assessment is completed, it’s impossible to know exactly how long it will take to resume launch ops. .."

https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/05/29/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-explodes-during-prelaunch-testing-at-cape-canaveral/

29.5.2026

#BE4 #BlueOrigin #BO #CapeCanaveral #explosion #LC36 #LNG #NewGlenn #NoItsNecessary #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #USA

Both companies’ plans rely on the availability of an orbital propellant ⛽ depot, which would fuel up their vehicles on the way to the #moon 🌙. The biggest test will be the orbital propellant transfer demonstration https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/spacex-blue-origin-share-new-lunar-landing-profiles/

A single #NewGlenn rocket will be able to send the #BlueMoon lander to the Lunar #Gateway. But the lander won’t have enough #propellant to make a powered descent to the lunar surface https://hackaday.com/2023/12/07/artemis-next-giant-leap-orbital-refueling/

#SpaceX #Starship #BlueOrigin #Mk1 #NASA #Artemis

Both companies’ plans rely on the availability of an orbital propellant ⛽ depot, which would fuel up their vehicles on the way to the #moon 🌙. The biggest test will be the orbital propellant transfer demonstration https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/spacex-blue-origin-share-new-lunar-landing-profiles/

A single #NewGlenn rocket will be able to send the #BlueMoon lander to the Lunar #Gateway. But the lander won’t have enough #propellant to make a powered descent to the lunar surface https://hackaday.com/2023/12/07/artemis-next-giant-leap-orbital-refueling/

#SpaceX #Starship #BlueOrigin #Mk1 #NASA #Artemis

Both companies’ plans rely on the availability of an orbital propellant ⛽ depot, which would fuel up their vehicles on the way to the #moon 🌙. The biggest test will be the orbital propellant transfer demonstration https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/spacex-blue-origin-share-new-lunar-landing-profiles/

A single #NewGlenn rocket will be able to send the #BlueMoon lander to the Lunar #Gateway. But the lander won’t have enough #propellant to make a powered descent to the lunar surface https://hackaday.com/2023/12/07/artemis-next-giant-leap-orbital-refueling/

#SpaceX #Starship #BlueOrigin #Mk1 #NASA #Artemis

Both companies’ plans rely on the availability of an orbital propellant ⛽ depot, which would fuel up their vehicles on the way to the #moon 🌙. The biggest test will be the orbital propellant transfer demonstration https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/spacex-blue-origin-share-new-lunar-landing-profiles/

A single #NewGlenn rocket will be able to send the #BlueMoon lander to the Lunar #Gateway. But the lander won’t have enough #propellant to make a powered descent to the lunar surface https://hackaday.com/2023/12/07/artemis-next-giant-leap-orbital-refueling/

#SpaceX #Starship #BlueOrigin #Mk1 #NASA #Artemis

Both companies’ plans rely on the availability of an orbital propellant ⛽ depot, which would fuel up their vehicles on the way to the #moon 🌙. The biggest test will be the orbital propellant transfer demonstration https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/spacex-blue-origin-share-new-lunar-landing-profiles/

A single #NewGlenn rocket will be able to send the #BlueMoon lander to the Lunar #Gateway. But the lander won’t have enough #propellant to make a powered descent to the lunar surface https://hackaday.com/2023/12/07/artemis-next-giant-leap-orbital-refueling/

#SpaceX #Starship #BlueOrigin #Mk1 #NASA #Artemis

Blue Origin lands New Glenn rocket booster on second try

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/blue-origin-lands-new-glenn-rocket-booster-on-second-try/

#HackerNews #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #RocketLanding #SpaceInnovation #AerospaceTechnology

Hey guys, Daniel Suguwa here! Today's my 48th live stream (again!), let's watch Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket - NG-2 - NASA's ESCAPADE Blue & Gold Mars mission (with ViaSat InRange too)! (let's hope it will launch for real!) :ablobcatheart:

Stream link: https://youtu.be/SebwYaNp1Os

#danielsuguwa #indievtuber #sarawakvtuber #borneovtuber #blueorigin #newglenn #nasa #escapade #viasat #viasatinrange

Hey guys, Daniel Suguwa here! Today's my 48th live stream, let's watch Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket - NG-2 - NASA's ESCAPADE Blue & Gold Mars mission (with ViaSat InRange too)! :ablobcatheart:

Stream link: https://youtu.be/SebwYaNp1Os

#danielsuguwa #indievtuber #sarawakvtuber #borneovtuber #blueorigin #newglenn #nasa #escapade #viasat #viasatinrange

Hey guys, Daniel Suguwa here! Today's my 47th live stream, let's watch Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket - NG-2 - NASA's ESCAPADE Blue & Gold Mars mission (with ViaSat InRange too)! :D

Stream link: https://youtu.be/MZsK8PPjRqM

#danielsuguwa #indievtuber #sarawakvtuber #borneovtuber #blueorigin #newglenn #nasa #escapade #viasat #viasatinrange

Watch live: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches a New Glenn rocket for first time at Cape Canaveral - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg7tp7K7g_g&ab_channel=SpaceflightNow
#SpaceFlightNow #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Rocket #RocketLaunch #BE4 #BE3U #FlightTest #NG1 #Space