Florida’s sky briefly lit up during the night as one of a handful of big new American-made rockets took flight. It was the first time a new space company achieved orbit on the first launch attempt.
Blue Origin successfully reached orbit with its New Glenn rocket on its first launch attempt, but the spacecraft's booster was lost.
Blue Origin successfully reached orbit with its New Glenn rocket on its first launch attempt, but the spacecraft's booster was lost.
New Glenn stands more than 320 feet (98 meters) tall and is named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth. Its seven-meter fairing enables twice the payload volume of any five-meter class commercial launch system. The vehicle’s reusable first stage is designed for a minimum ...
Jeff Bezos’s space company is about to launch New Glenn, a reusable rocket intended to rival SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, for the first time
The New Glenn launch vehicle will feature a fully reusable first-stage booster, which will last up to 25 missions, making it suitable for a range of space launch markets. The reusable component of the rocket will enable access tospaceat a lower cost. ...
VPT congratulates Blue Origin on the successful first launch of New Glenn and the insertion of the Blue Ring Mission into orbit. New Glenn launched at 2am EST, with the rocket’s upper stage reaching orbit about 13 minutes later. This milestone marks a
“This is a monumental milestone and a glimpse of what’s just around the corner for New Glenn’s first launch,” Jarrett Jones, New Glenn’s senior vice president, said in the statement. “Today’s success proves that our rigorous approach to testing–combined with our incredible tooling an...
Five years after it was supposed to launch, the new, huge cargo rocket's first flight has been called off. Jeff Bezos's New Glenn is seen as a potential challenger to SpaceX's Falcon 9.
But Blue Origin has not publicly announced the specific launch date and time, only that is nearing the first launch of New Glenn after a succesful first stage hot-fire test on Dec. 27 at its pad, Space Launch Complex 36, in Cape Canaveral. The mission will be ambitious, testing ...