Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket to orbit
New Glenn, a multistage rocket named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, is the first Blue Origin rocket to reach orbit. That puts the company, founded by former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, in good position to join Elon Musk’s busy SpaceX brand as a major player in the cellular satellite industry and beyond.
Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket to orbit − a feat 15 years in the making
(THE CONVERSATION) Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. By reaching orbit, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch has marked a milestone for a commercial space company that has big ambitions.
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 ...
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit early Thursday, in a critical milestone that comes some 25 years after the billionaire founded the company with the goal of ...
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