Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2000, made its maiden voyage into orbital space Thursday with its brand-new rocket, New Glenn.
Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...
The billionaire’s rocket is ready for its first launch. It could give satellite operators and the DoD a long-desired option ...
Advertisement New Glenn, a 320-foot rocket with a reusable first stage like the SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, is at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex 36 ready to be ...
but short of the 5.1 million pounds offered by SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. The rocket’s payload capacity, though, sets it apart from its competitors, large enough to fit three school buses.
Rocket companies also typically take a conservative approach to the first liftoff, launching dummy payloads such as hunks of metal or, as was the case with SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy debut in 2018 ...
The Space Coast only got a taste of this possible future when Blue Origin tested a model first ... Two stage core rocket with two additional side first stage boosters Falcon Heavy is SpaceX's ...