“We’re reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt.” Named New Glenn after legendary astronaut John Glenn ... mission on the STS-95 Discovery shuttle flight at the age of 77 ...

Blue Origin made two adjustments in quick succession to its schedule for launching its New Glenn rocket to orbit for the first time.

The launch comes after almost ... s New Glenn rocket is meant to shuttle cargo, satellites, and, in the future, people into space. The New Glenn is named after John Glenn, the first NASA astronaut ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket stands on its Florida launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube ... named after pioneering NASA astronaut John Glenn, would be built at a 750,000-square-foot Florida ...

First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger ... On Oct. 29, 1998, space shuttle Discovery carried 77-year-old John Glenn, the oldest shuttle astronaut, back into ...

The success of SpaceX and other private-sector space firms is throwing up hard questions about America's "great national ...

By reaching orbit, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch has marked a milestone for ... the company needs a more powerful rocket. Named after John Glenn, the first American to reach orbit ...

Previously known for its suborbital space tourism rocket, Blue Origin is seeking to use New Glenn to better compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has dominated the global launch market for years.

The 322-foot-tall, two-stage launch vehicle slowly eased ... dollars and flight–proven Space Shuttle engines and boosters.) The second job for New Glenn’s first stage—landing on a barge ...

But New Glenn ... November launch. “These Raptor engines, are what we call ‘stage combustion engines.’ They’re very similar to the engines that we had on (NASA’s) space shuttle, although ...