The New Glenn is named after John Glenn, the first NASA astronaut to enter the Earth’s orbit. Its first stage is powered by seven of Blue Origin’s powerful BE-4 engines , which run on ...

New Glenn, which honors John Glenn, is five times taller. Blue Origin poured more than $1 billion into New Glenn’s launch site, rebuilding historic Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Watch as Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin attempted to launch its New Glenn rocket for the first time from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday, 13 January.

Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket from Florida on Jan. 16, 2025, from Launch Complex 36. Blue Origin renovated Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for more than $1 billion.

Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post, takes the stage at the Lincoln Center on December 4, 2024 in New York City.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space dreams are taking flight on a new level. On Thursday, Bezos' Blue Origin company launched its big rocket, called New Glenn. It lifted off at 2:30 a.m. ET from ...

The biggest significance of Blue Origin getting New Glenn off the ground, you see, is that now it can begin flying Kuipersat internet satellites to orbit for Amazon (AMZN 2.50%).

New Glenn is named after the first American to orbit Earth, John Glenn. It's five times taller than Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket that carries paying customers to the edge of space from Texas .

John Raoux Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ...

Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA’s Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago.. Years ...

New Glenn, which honors John Glenn, is five times taller. Advertisement Blue Origin poured more than $1 billion into New Glenn’s launch site, rebuilding historic Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral ...