Will Blue Origin make it to orbit in 2024?

Jeff Bezos's ***** has made a few trips up and down to give up-and-down joyrides to tourists, but Blue Origin has yet to launch any rocket into orbit. NASA has booked a launch of its Mars ESCAPADE probe on a New Glenn rocket in the second half of 2024. Will Blue Origin finally get a launch into -- or beyond -- orbit?

YES wins if Blue Origin successfully orbits a payload or gets ESCAPADE on its way to Mars.

NO wins if Blue Origin fails to launch a payload to orbit or beyond before the calendar flips to 2025.

A payload may include a mass simulator, real satellite, or probe.

Local timezone of launch controls, so 11:59pm California time on December 31 2024, for a launch from California, is still a success even though in UTC it would already be 2025.

• Blue Origin,
• jeff bezos,
• space *****,
• New Glenn,
• New Shepard

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