Blue Origin To Fly Two NASA Cubesats To Mars

Irene Klotz February 10, 2023

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Credit: Rocket Lab/UC Berkeley
A pair of 6U science satellites originally slated to piggyback a ride to Mars with NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe will instead launch aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn, a two stage heavy-lift reusable booster still in development. Terms of the contract, awarded on Feb. 9, were not disclosed, but U.S...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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