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The blueShitf's launch could even revolutionize the space travel's future, running on biofuel. See for yourself here.

At the former Loring Air Force base in Limestone, where B-52s once flew, a new kind of rocket is to take flight Friday.

BluShift Aerospace has created a prototype rocket engine to power the first commercial launch of a rocket powered by bio-derived fuel anywhere in the world.

bluShift Aerospace’s successful test Tuesday afternoon of its hybrid rocket engine puts the Brunswick company in position to launch its first rocket prototype, likely later this month. Called a “static fire test” because the engine is secured so it can’t move, the test occurred within a concrete blast wall in a field at Brunswick Landing, where bluShift is headquartered. A blast of combustion lasted for a few seconds, followed by smoke and then an afterburn. The test was livestreamed. One commenter wrote, “I hope bluShift puts New England on the map as a orbital launch site.” Cli...

The first rocket will carry a variety of cargo, from science experiments to ... Danish cookies known as stroopwafels. Software design and development company Rocket Insights will fill their cubesat space with the Danish wafer cookies as an homage to its Amsterdam-based parent company, Deri said. "They've asked us to load up stroopwafel, which is a fine dessert, into the payload section, and we will be launching their stroopwafel up," Deri said. Falmouth High School science classes will send equipment including a GoPro and a radiotransmitter to collect flight data including acceleration, press...