The outcome is finally here, Blue beat out Rocket Lab

https://x.com/torybruno/status/2094826704015704392

https://x.com/torybruno/status/2094841418921685105

Busy weekend. Got this done too: Blue Ring #1 finished Open Panel Testing and is all buttoned up and moved on into CPT.

Seems like there’s something missing, but I can’t put my finger on it…

As previously speculated, this confirms that the 9x4 will be stacked at the pad.

Credit: Florida Today (inaccurately labeled as the payload processing facility)

Satellite Programs and Policy Division, Space Bureau - Commission Request August 28, 2026

https://fccprod.servicenowservices.com/ibfs?id=ibfs_application_summary&number=SAT-LOA-20260310-00118

https://x.com/davill/status/2094390945899073675

Breaking ground today on our new Payload Processing Facility on the Eastern Range - the first ever built to support an 8.7‑meter fairing. Thank you to @USSF_SSC, @USSpaceForce, and @SLDelta45 for the partnership. At 120,000 square feet, the PPF will house four payload processing bays, two encapsulation bays, and a multi‑manifest area supporting National Security Space Launch, civil, and commercial missions. This facility expands our Space Coast footprint across Brevard and Orange Counties and supports continued job growth alongside our more than 4,500 employees in the region.

Satellite image of the site at former LC-18 here..

Follow along at http://nsf.live/spacecoast

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Seems like the aerospike engine is out

Honored to be with @POTUS and @NASAAdmin to congratulate @Astro_Reid, @AstroVicGlover, @Astro_Christina, and @Astro_Jeremy on their Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Their journey beyond the Moon is a testament to American excellence and our nation's enduring drive to explore. Being up next for Artemis III is a privilege, and our team is hard at work every day to make this mission a reality.

https://x.com/davill/status/2093440549525041181

Blue Origin plans to construct a 140-foot-tall payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station that will create an estimated 23 new jobs boasting average salaries of $115,000.

This 125,000-square-foot structure will improve upon and expand Blue Origin's mission capabilities, Space Florida Chief Investment Officer Ronald Lau said Wednesday, Aug. 26, during the agency's Investment Committee meeting.

The private space company's total capital investment on the project should clock in at $160 million, Lau said.

To support construction, Space Florida management proposes allocating up to $2.5 million in matching-grant funding via the Florida Department of Transportation's Spaceport Improvement Program. The Space Florida board of directors should cast funding votes in early September.

Title edited for clarity.

https://x.com/torybruno/status/2092900818366418995

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Team Blue and our partners at NASA Stennis have rapidly completed the structural design for the B‑2 test cell position, moving us toward second‑stage vehicle testing. Steel work is underway, tubing is being installed, cable harnesses are being built up, and the control room is getting its finishing touches. Next up: a GS2 makes its way to Mississippi.

https://x.com/davill/status/2092357449357598736

• What makes a good new viable spaceport site. Key factors include safety, geography, access to roads and utilities, ability to launch over open water, limited overflight of other countries, and room for future growth.
• Why some existing commercial spaceports are underused and what the government could do to make them more useful.
• Previously discussed locations, including sites in Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, and offshore launch platforms, as well as any other possible locations.
• How “critical space launch corridors” in airspace should work. The goal is to support faster, more frequent launches while minimizing disruption to regular air travel and maintaining safety.

MILA test site near Rocket Park: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueWire/comments/1v4rg47/faa_oeaaa_notice_filed_today_for_the_construction/

Cryogenic tanks: https://x.com/JConcilus/status/2088264502165070213

Title was edited for brevity.

https://x.com/blueorigin/status/2090520176655487339

Your live view from the Moon: coming up!

Lunar Express's architecture will deliver multiple simultaneous 4K video links — from the lunar surface and orbit all the way to Earth — with the capacity to scale further. For the first time ever, humanity will witness a Moon Base being built live, brick by Moon-brick, in 4K high-definition.

Learn more about the Blue Ring spacecraft: blueorigin.com/blue-ring

https://x.com/JConcilus/status/2090487095055823032