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

New Glenn is the flagship reusable rocket design for Blue Origin, Amazon-owner Jeff Bezos’ launch-vehicle initiative that looks to rival SpaceX in the burgeoning commercial space industry.

New Glenn is scheduled to launch at 1 a.m. ET (0600 GMT) on Sunday from the company’s launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending to orbit its first Blue Ring satellite—a ...

New Glenn's first stage was designed to be reusable, capable of launching up to 100 times. Things changed, however, as they often do in spaceflight (and in life).

New Glenn, however, is a far more powerful vehicle, with seven first-stage engines, that is designed to compete against SpaceX and companies such as Rocket Lab. Advertisement.

New Glenn, the rocket flying on Friday, uses seven engines called BE-4s. Some have been to orbit already, but not aboard a Blue Origin rocket. The Vulcan rocket built by a competitor, ...

Blue Origin’s launch window for the first launch of its New Glenn rocket opens on January 13th, 2025, starting at 1AM ET. Here’s what you need to know about the launch.

The roughly 320-foot (98-meter) New Glenn is not only the first Blue Origin rocket designed to be capable of hauling satellites to space, it’s also among the most powerful in the world.

A three-hour launch window is expected to open at 1 a.m. Sunday for Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, seen on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Dec. 27.

New Glenn versus Falcon 9. SpaceX's own website lays out the problem in black and white. Maxed out for an expendable launch, a Falcon 9 rocket ship can carry at most 22 metric tons of payload to ...