John Glenn was "deeply touched" that Blue Origin named its first orbital-class rocket after him.
New Glenn, developed by the private space firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ...
Years in the making, the commercial rocket is on the verge of its maiden flight.
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Up to now, the Jeff Bezos-led spaceflight company has only launched its suborbital New Shepard rocket, on tourist flights to the edge of space. The New Glenn, powered by BE-4 engines, is a two ...
New Glenn is a partially reusable heavy-lift rocket that's expected to make its first flight in December 2024. Its developer is Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, which also flies the New Shepard suborbital ...
So far, Blue Origin has been known mostly for its space tourism efforts, launching paying customers and celebrities on New Shepard — a much smaller, suborbital rocket that is not powerful enough ...