Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket performed a hot fire test in December 2024 and had several launch attempts in January ... single-stage New Shepard rocket multiple times in Texas.
On Thursday, Bezos' Blue Origin company launched its big rocket, called New Glenn. It lifted off at 2:30 a.m. ET from Launch Complex ... the first American in space, while New Glenn honors John ...
A few minutes after 2:00 A.M. EST, a hulking, 320-foot-tall rocket slipped ... is the future of launch; that’s how you get to lower costs,” says Clay Mowry, CEO of the American Institute ...
Named after John Glenn, the first American to reach orbit, New Glenn is designed to be that rocket. At that point ... at the lowest cost. Having multiple launch providers is also a sign of ...
The booster, meanwhile, flipped around, re-ignited several engines to reverse course and headed back toward Boca Chica where the unique mechanical arms on the rocket's launch gantry were open and ...
“I think that’s rocket ... of the vehicle to return American astronauts to the moon. Over the first six test flights, SpaceX has demonstrated that it can launch the largest rocket ...
Blue Origin successfully launched the rocket ... before this launch if Blue Origin actually had the technical capability,” said Todd Harrison, a space policy analyst at the American Enterprise ...