New Glenn’s maiden voyage ramps up an ongoing space race between Blue Origin and SpaceX, which were respectively founded the world’s two richest people. Bezos currently has an estimated net worth of ...
Once in orbit, the upper stage released the Blue Ring Pathfinder: a small prototype spacecraft designed to host and transport ...
Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA’s Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago.
New Glenn is also tapped by NASA to fly a pair of Mars-bound satellites and will be the rocket to launch Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar landers, one of which is contracted to be the human landing ...
Founded 25 years ago by Bezos, Blue Origin has been launching paying passengers to the edge of space since 2021, including ...
Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in ...
The launch marked a major milestone for Blue Origin, which was started by Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos in 2000. While the company's New Shepard spacecraft has made multiple launches, ...
Huntsville-built rocket engines pushed a new craft into space early Thursday in a milestone for both Blue Origin and NASA’s hopes of a permanent base on the moon. The New Glenn heavy-lift vehicle’s ...
Blue Ghost's final descent to the Moon is tentatively scheduled for March 2. The target landing site is in Mare Crisium, an ...
After years of delays, the billionaire’s Blue Origin space company launched its New Glenn rocket early Thursday.
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit early Thursday, in a critical milestone that comes some 25 ...