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Jeddah Season 2024: A Month of Entertainment and Diverse Experiences

Jeddah Season 2024 concluded its first month during which shows, events and a variety of experiences were held for the first time. (SPA)
Jeddah Season 2024 concluded its first month during which shows, events and a variety of experiences were held for the first time. (SPA)
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Jeddah Season 2024: A Month of Entertainment and Diverse Experiences

Jeddah Season 2024 concluded its first month during which shows, events and a variety of experiences were held for the first time. (SPA)
Jeddah Season 2024 concluded its first month during which shows, events and a variety of experiences were held for the first time. (SPA)

Jeddah Season 2024 concluded its first month under the slogan "Once Again", during which shows, events and a variety of experiences were held for the first time, the Saudi Press Agency said Sunday.
Large areas had been equipped to host different events and shows; international acrobatic teams presented daily live shows that attracted record numbers of visitors of all ages and nationalities.
Entertainment, tourism, cultural and sports activities and events filled the season. The City Walk area involved a mix of interactive experiences and movement and skill games. Arabic plays were presented and there were restaurants, cafés and shopping stores.
The Warner Bros. Discovery area, which opened for the first time in Saudi Arabia, offered visitors and tourists games and entertainment shows; other areas were opened to visitors, and events were held in partnership with the private sector.
The Imagine Monet exhibition featured Monet's paintings with modern techniques and innovative design; visitors could enjoy the artistic experience, but also sports.
Prince Majed Park offered wonderful and original shows that met the tastes of all.

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Bezos' Blue Origin calls off New Glenn Launch Again, Eyes Thursday

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for its inaugural launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 11, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for its inaugural launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 11, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
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Bezos' Blue Origin calls off New Glenn Launch Again, Eyes Thursday

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for its inaugural launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 11, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for its inaugural launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 11, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo

Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin moved the launch of its New Glenn rocket from Tuesday to Thursday, Jan. 16, further pushing back its inaugural attempt to reach orbit and compete with SpaceX in the satellite launch market.

The company called off its first scheduled launch on Monday after a technical issue was encountered in the lead-up to its takeoff.

The three-hour launch window opens at 1 a.m. EST (0600 GMT) on Thursday, Blue Origin said in a post on X, according to Reuters.

The development of New Glenn has spanned three Blue Origin CEOs and faced numerous delays as Elon Musk's SpaceX grew into an industry juggernaut with its reusable Falcon 9, the world's most active rocket.

New Glenn is more than twice as powerful as a Falcon 9 rocket and has dozens of customer launch contracts collectively worth billions of dollars lined up.

The rocket would seek to land New Glenn's first stage booster on a sea-fairing barge in the Atlantic Ocean 10 minutes after liftoff, while the rocket's second stage continues toward orbit.

"The thing we're most nervous about is the booster landing," Bezos, who founded Blue Origin in 2000, told Reuters in a pre-launch interview on Sunday. "Clearly on a first flight you could have an anomaly at any mission phase, so anything could happen.