After abruptly calling off its first launch attempt in the early hours of Monday morning, Blue Origin notched a historic ...
Blue Origin managed something no commercial rocket company has ever done successfully by reaching orbit on the first try with ...
though it falls short of the Falcon Heavy's 63.8-ton capacity. However, New Glenn has a unique edge: its wider payload fairing, which can accommodate larger objects. It "has the largest ...
If successful, New Glenn will signal the entry of Bezos' space company, Blue Origin, into the orbital payload market; that's a market heavily dominated by SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.
The New Glenn creates about 3.9 million pounds of thrust at launch — more than double that of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket but less than SpaceX’s heavy-lift Falcon Heavy. Blue Origin has been ...