A little more than a month ago, Blue Origin ignited the second stage of New Glenn for 15 seconds. The upper stage's two BE-3U engines, fueled by liquid oxygen and hydrogen and each producing ...

The New Glenn will be Blue Origin's first orbital-class rocket, and it's a big one, with a height of more than 320 feet (98 meters) and a 23-foot-diameter (7-meter) payload fairing, larger than ...

A pair of NASA spacecraft know as the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) to be launched to Mars ...

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.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket streaks into orbit after launching from the Kennedy Space Center on its maiden flight, at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 16, 2025.

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, ...

New Glenn was supposed to fly before dawn Monday, but ice buildup in critical plumbing caused a delay. The rocket is built to haul spacecraft and eventually astronauts to orbit and also the moon. ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket performed a hot fire test in December 2024 and had several launch attempts in January 2025. At 320 feet tall, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is massive, ...

The 320-foot-tall, two-stage rocket, named for John Glenn, the first American to reach orbit, lifted off in its first test flight at 2:03 a.m. from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force ...