Today is a big day for spaceflight. As David wrote earlier today, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket successfully launched for the first time, though an attempt to land the booster apparently failed.
Also today, the 7th test flight of Space X’s Starship should have happened by the time this post goes up. It was originally scheduled for yesterday but the launch was delayed because of weather. The weather is clear today so that shouldn’t be a problem.
You may remember that Space X managed to catch the rocket booster during the 5th test flight using the tower known as Mechazilla. President-elect Trump has told the story of watching that on television several times. Space X waived off a repeat attempt during the 6th test flight because of a technical issue. So a big question today is whether they can do it again.
Today’s launch includes several new designs/features…
