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NASA's partner Blue Origin performs first firing of its new rocket engine (VIDEO)

Van Horn, USA - A 110,000-lbf thrust was generated

NASA commercial crew partner Blue Origin announced it has tested a new, hydrogen- and oxygen-fueled engine designed to lift the Kent, Washington-based company's crewed Space Vehicle on future missions out of Earth's atmosphere. Blue Origin is one of the American companies developing next generation rockets and spacecraft capable of carrying humans to low-Earth orbit. Blue Origin conducted the test...

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Rome, Italy, 12/04/2013 13:08
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