Blue Origin has officially announced that its next-generation New Glenn rocket will launch NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission in a ...

Blue Origin's first launch of its New Glenn rocket was supposed to send up a pair of Mars-bound satellites for NASA, but ...

New Glenn’s first stage is powered by seven of Blue Origin’s BE-4 engines, fueled with liquefied natural gas. The second stage makes use of two hydrogen-fueled BE-3U engines.

Blue Origin has been mum about the payload that will fly on this rocket, but multiple people have told Ars that the current ...

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket sits on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday morning, January 16, 2025. The rocket is scheduled to lift off on its inaugural flight later ...

Blue Origin originally targeted 1 a.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 10, for the launch of its first New Glenn rocket on a mission called NG-1, but that changed less than 24 hours before the planned liftoff.

New Glenn, which is named after the late astronaut and senator John Glenn, has been in the works for more than a decade. The first launch will send up Blue Origin’s Blue Ring Pathfinder, a ...

Blue Origin describes New Glenn’s reusability as “integral to radically reducing cost-per-launch.” New Glenn is named after John Glenn, who in 1962 became the first American to orbit Earth.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — Blue Origin has only 40 days to go to be ready for its first launch of its heavy lift New Glenn rocket, but has a lot of boxes to tick before liftoff.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is seen on Launch Complex 36 shortly before the launch attempt was scrubbed at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Cape Canaveral.

Given Blue Origin's history of New Glenn delays, that's probably the safer bet. New Glenn's inaugural flight has been delayed from 2020 until 2021, then 2022, and for now, is slated for 2024.

“Blue Origin remains committed to New Glenn, and we have the resources aligned to meet our plans.” New Glenn will be ready to compete again for NSSL Phase 3 when the next contract goes up for ...