Blue Origin has been mum about the payload that will fly on this rocket, but multiple people have told Ars that the current ...

New Glenn is the flagship reusable rocket design for Blue Origin, Amazon-owner Jeff Bezos’ launch-vehicle initiative that looks to rival SpaceX in the burgeoning commercial space industry.

New Glenn, the rocket flying on Friday, uses seven engines called BE-4s. Some have been to orbit already, but not aboard a Blue Origin rocket. The Vulcan rocket built by a competitor, ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is on the brink of its much-anticipated maiden launch after receiving its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) launch license, marking a key milestone in the ...

New Glenn honors a legendary astronaut: John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth in 1962. It follows in the steps of New Shepard, Blue Origin's first rocket which was named for Alan Shepard ...

The roughly 320-foot (98-meter) New Glenn is not only the first Blue Origin rocket designed to be capable of hauling satellites to space, it’s also among the most powerful in the world.

New Glenn’s namesake, storied NASA astronaut and US Senator John Glenn, died in 2016. But before his passing, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos got a chance to tell him about the orbital class ...

Blue Origin had a successful debut launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Thursday. History made: Blue Origin’s New Glenn reaches orbit on debut ...

New Glenn, like the rockets from SpaceX, intends to land back on Earth. Unlike SpaceX, Blue Origin has never tried to land a booster of this size, only its significantly smaller sub-orbital ...

New Glenn boosters, which are powered by seven of the company’s BE-4 engines, produce up to 3.9 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. They are designed for up to 25 reflights.