Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin has entered the rocket big leagues. At 2:03 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, Blue Origin's 32-story-tall New Glenn rocket fired its seven engines and climbed atop a ...

Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin on Thursday launched its new mega-rocket, called New Glenn, into orbit for the first time. While it was the rocket's inaugural launch, a number of things ...

New Glenn, which honours 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.

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) CAPE CANAVERAL ...

Blue Origin has been preparing to launch New Glenn for a few weeks now, and finally rolled the 320-foot-tall rocket out to its launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 9. At that point, the ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that it has issued a commercial space launch licence for Blue Origin’s – Jeff Bezos’ rocket company – New Glenn launch.

On this very first launch, New Glenn performed perfectly, reaching orbit as intended just 8 minutes after it blasted off. New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at 2:03 a.m. EST, on January 16 ...

Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin on Thursday launched its new mega-rocket, called New Glenn, into orbit for the first time. The rocket lifted off at 2:03 a.m. ET on January 16 from Cape ...

Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight By: Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press Posted: 1:06 AM CST Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 Last Modified: 11:57 AM CST Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 ...

Blue Origin has been preparing to launch New Glenn for a few weeks now, and finally rolled the 320-foot-tall rocket out to its launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 9. At that point, the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.

Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Blue Origin successfully launched its two-stage heavy-lift New Glenn rocket on its unmanned maiden voyage into space early Thursday, achieving the mission's primary goal of reaching ...