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The Good Crust, bluShift Aerospace and the GenoTyping Center are among the startups named to the inaugural cohort of the Dirigo Labs accelerator program, which is set to launch in Waterville.

Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace says it will continue to look for Maine launch sites as it goes ahead with plans to make its next launch from the Kennedy Space Center.

BluShift Aerospace, which hopes to launch research projects and satellites into space with its environmentally-friendly rockets, celebrated a successful first test of its MARVEL 2.0 rocket engine March 1.

BluShift Aerospace CEO Sascha Deri said the test 'was exactly what we were hoping for.'

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A Maine aerospace company has conducted a successful rocket engine test and can move forward on its plan to launch rockets. The company, bluShift Aerospace, conducted the test in front of hundreds of people via a YouTube livestream on Tuesday in Brunswick.

BluShift Aerospace says its rocket is powered by a non-toxic, carbon-neutral fuel

The test was the first of a series that’s expected to culminate later this year in the launch of full-sized commercial rocket, powered by a bio-derived fuel, into low-Earth orbit.

BluShift Aerospace CEO Sascha Deri said the test 'was exactly what we were hoping for.'

BluShift Aerospace CEO Sascha Deri said the test 'was exactly what we were hoping for.'

A group that includes a former U.S. Senate candidate is opposing legislation that would create a public-private partnership to encourage the growth of a space industry in Maine