NASA is launching a scientific mission to Mars using Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.

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NASA To Use Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket On Scientific Mission

Meanwhile, Blue Origin getting a boost in the private space race after Nasa saying it will launch a scientific mission to mars atop the company's new Glenn rocket. New Glenn is the company's newer and bigger edition of that new Shepard rocket, which is garnered fame for taking celebrities like William Shatner and Jeff Bezos to the edge of space. While it's good news for Blue Origin, the company has yet to reveal the heavy lift rocket in one piece. Six years after making the announcement, it hasn't been tested for a space flight, but it was supposed to have a test flight in 2021 that got pushed back and then it missed its launch window in 2022. The launch tentatively now expected for some time in 2020 for well if successful, the new Glenn could compete with SpaceX's falcon heavy rocket that is one massive rocket that I myself have seen takeoff lights up the sky.