John Glenn, the first American to fly into orbit, gives his thumbs up in 1962, just as he did (figuratively) in reaction to Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital rocket being given his name in 2016.

For Blue Origin, there’s a lot riding on New Glenn’s mission, known as NG-1. Although the company has launched smaller New Shepard rockets on suborbital spaceflights for a decade, it has never ...

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 ...

New Glenn, which is named after the late pioneer astronaut John Glenn, is due to launch Blue Origin’s Blue Ring Pathfinder, a payload that’s designed to test the communications, power and ...

New Glenn continues the Blue Origin tradition of naming its rockets after American Mercury astronauts. The big new launcher is named after John Glenn, who made the first American orbital flight in ...

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.

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 orbit.

transcript. Blue Origin Launches New Glenn Rocket New Glenn, named after the astronaut John Glenn, successfully lifted off early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket was ready for liftoff, but the launch planned for January 13 was scrubbed. After some weather-related delays over the weekend, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin delayed what would have been the inaugural launch of its giant New Glenn rocket early Monday because of unspecified equipment problems. “We’re standing ...

John Glenn's last correspondence before his death was to approve the use of his name for Blue Origin's first orbital-class rocket. Glenn hailed the booster for what it could enable for spaceflight.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket reached orbit on its first launch attempt during the early morning hours of Jan. 16. John Studwell. 1 of 6. By J.C. Carnahan – Staff Writer, Orlando Business Journal.