Founded 25 years ago by Bezos, Blue Origin has been launching paying passengers to the edge of space since 2021, including ...
The heavy-lift New Glenn rocket soared to success, reaching orbit on its highly anticipated inaugural flight but failing to ...
Some have been to orbit already, but not aboard a Blue Origin rocket. The Vulcan rocket built by a competitor, United Launch Alliance, was designed to rely on two of Blue Origin’s BE-4s ...
COCOA BEACH, Fla.—As it so often does in the final days before the debut of a new rocket, it all comes down to weather. Accordingly, Blue Origin is only awaiting clear skies and fair seas for ...
Its BE-4 rocket engines - some of the most advanced in the business - were chosen by veteran space firms Boeing and Lockheed Martin to power their new Vulcan rocket. But Blue Origin's New Glenn ...
There's United Launch Alliance, which finally debuted its long-delayed Vulcan rocket and flew two Atlas V missions and the final Delta IV mission, and Rocket Lab, which launched 16 missions with ...
Read the full story here. On this date: ULA launches Vulcan rocket on Cert-1 mission On this date in 2024, United Launch Alliance's next-generation Vulcan rocket flew its first certification ...
Blue Origin's methane-burning BE-4 engines — present in the New Glenn — were also used in United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket, which reached orbit twice last year. Tech billionaires have ...
New Glenn also would compete with the less-powerful Vulcan rocket from United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed that is planning a stronger Vulcan variant in the future.