John Glenn was "deeply touched" that Blue Origin named its first orbital-class rocket after him. John Glenn's last correspondence before his death was to approve the use of his name for Blue ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket stands on its ... named after pioneering NASA astronaut John Glenn, would be built at a 750,000-square-foot Florida factory and launched from Cape Canaveral.

First announced in 2016, Blue Origin’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 ...

Blue Origin has been flying its much smaller New Shepard rocket on suborbital trips that now carry paying customers past 60 miles and scratch the edge of space. New Glenn, named for John Glenn ...

In 2023, Blue Origin won a $3.4 billion NASA contract ... The 320-foot-tall, two-stage rocket, named for John Glenn, the first American to reach orbit, lifted off in its first test flight at ...

The New Glenn, named after John Glenn in honor of being the first American to orbit Earth, is not just tall, but powerful, explained Blue Origin. “Its reusable first stage is designed for 25 ...

The son of a NASA engineer, Paul Jeris will emulate his heroes John Glenn and Neil Armstrong with a space flight of his own, ...

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Blue Origin scrubbed the New Glenn rocket's maiden ... The 320-foot New Glenn rocket is named after space pioneer John Glenn, who was the first American to orbit Earth. The reusable rocket is ...

Blue Origin's first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket ... The new rocket, named after famed NASA Mercury 7 astronaut John Glenn, is designed to carry payloads of up to 13 metric tons (14.3 tons) to ...

John Glenn's last correspondence before his death was to approve the use of his name for Blue Origin's first orbital-class rocket. Nine years later, the "New Glenn" is ready for its inaugural launch.