Commercial space company Blue Origin is ready to start the new year with the anticipated first launch of its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket from Florida.
The Orion capsule descended under parachutes, right on target near a US Navy recovery ship on December ... On top of that, the rocket's launch vehicle, NASA's heavy-lift Space Launch System ...
As the ship re-entered Earth's atmosphere ... Isaacman became the first person to perform a commercial spacewalk. NASA's own Space Launch System rocket has been estimated to cost $4 billion ...