NASA added Blue Origin's New Glenn 9x4 rocket to a launch services contract. This means NASA can consider the rocket for future missions.
The decision does not give New Glenn a specific mission now. The contract lets several companies compete when NASA needs a launch. The ordering period continues until June 2030.
Source: NASA, 2026-09-29.
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Vocabulary
- Launch
- to send a vehicle into the air or space, or to start something new
- Source
- the person, organization, or document that provides information
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The New Glenn rocket may carry future missions. Add one supporting fact from the article.
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- The uncrewed Flight 14 marked a new stage in SpaceX testing.
- UK researchers will supply technology for the planned PRIMA observatory.
- The New Glenn rocket may carry future missions.
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The best answer is C.
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