John Glenn was "deeply touched" that Blue Origin named its first orbital-class rocket after him.

Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2000, is poised for a historic first: its maiden voyage into orbital space with a brand new rocket, New Glenn.

The flight is a crucial moment for the company’s vision for space, and a test of whether it may emerge as a serious ...

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Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes in at a towering 320 feet tall — which is equivalent to a 32-story skyscraper.

The first liftoff of New Glenn is now set for no earlier than Sunday, Jan. 12, at 1 a.m. EST (0600 GMT). Blue Origin is now aiming to launch its first orbital-class rocket no earlier than Sunday ...

"Sea state conditions are still unfavorable for booster landing. We're shifting our NG-1 launch date by one day to no earlier ...

The debut launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket has once again shifted. According to Blue Origin, the launch is now scheduled for no earlier than 1 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12. Blue Origin has ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, announced in 2016, is set to debut this week, no earlier than January 8 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, according to the launch site SpaceFlight Now.

Capping years of anticipation, Blue Origin's hulking New Glenn two-stage rocket may launch on its maiden mission during a three-hour window that opens at 1 a.m. Friday from Cape Canaveral Space ...

At the same time that Blue Origin announced the New Glenn in 2016, it also teased about an even larger, more powerful rocket, the "New Armstrong." Named after the late Neil Armstrong, the first ...