Developed by Blue Origin, a private space company founded by Jeff Bezos, New Glenn is named after astronaut John Glenn—the ...
Founded 25 years ago by Bezos, Blue Origin has been launching paying passengers to the edge of space since 2021, including himself. The short hops from Texas use smaller rockets named after the first ...
Blue Origin managed something no commercial rocket company has ever done successfully by reaching orbit on the first try with ...
Even without recovering New Glenn’s reusable booster, Blue Origin has joined the ranks of commercial companies with rockets able to launch into orbit.
The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in ...
The first big launch belongs to SpaceX, which is sending its Blue Ghost lunar lander to the moon in January 2025. It's set to ...
The only other US company that seems close to achieving rocket reuse is Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, which has designed the first ...
For example, Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system. It’s so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths. So it requires a very high escape speed: 133,100 mph (about 214,000 kilometers per hour ...
Blue Origin is counting down to the launch of its New Glenn rocket on an orbital mission that's been more than a decade in ...