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.

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’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, 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, 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 represents not only a whole different class of rocket, but the firing of a starting pistol in the next leg of the 21st century space race. Tagged In Space More from Aerospace.