Kent-based Blue Origin is planning a Saturday launch for its next six-person crew that will be sent to the edge of space and ...

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 first American in space. Standing ...

Blue Origin previously launched New Glenn on maiden flight The upcoming launch of the New Shepard vehicle comes less than a month since Blue Origin got its massive New Glenn rocket off the ground ...

New Glenn is a partially reusable heavy-lift rocket that's expected to make its first flight in December 2024. Its developer is Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, which also flies the New Shepard suborbital ...

The New Shepard booster is the predecessor of the New Glenn rocket. Here, New Shepard touches down during an Oct. 23, 2024, flight. Credit: Blue Origin New Shepard has not been without its issues ...

New Glenn is a two-stage booster with a reusable first stage that, mission planners hope, will land vertically after stage separation. It’s worth noting that New Shepard rockets have ...

It’s called New Glenn and it’s going to have to stay there ... the launch window closes at 4 a.m. Eastern. A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launching from Launch Site One in West Texas in ...

the New Glenn is "the second generation" of Blue Origin's reusable rockets. The first, the New Shepard, has been flying crewed and cargo suborbital missions since 2015. The "original" Shepard died ...

The New Shepard-31 (or NS-31) mission crew on board included: Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket, NG-1, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 16, 2025. It was the first ...

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship rises from its Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture successfully sent a brand-new New Shepard rocket ship on ...