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U.S. Space Force Signs CRADA With Blue Origin to Restart Certification of New Glenn Rocket

U.S. Space Force Signs CRADA With Blue Origin to Restart Certification of New Glenn Rocket
Col. Douglas Pentecost, National Security Space Launch program manager at Space Systems Command, signs the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) as Laura Maginnis, Blue Origin's vice president for New Glenn, looks on Nov.18 at Los Angeles, AFB, Calif. (U.S. Space Force Photo)

U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Blue Origin for the company's New Glenn Rocket, more than three years after the company and Northrop Grumman [NOC] lost out in February 2019 to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA)--a Lockheed Martin [LMT]-Boeing [BA] partnership--for launch awards under Phase 2 of National Security Space Launch (NSSL). Tech billionaire Elon Musk owns Space X, while Amazon [AMZN] founder Jeff Bezos owns Blue…

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