Now, on its 29th overall flight, the spacecraft's capsule will attempt something it has never done before: rotating mid-flight to induce a few minutes of moon-like ... New Glenn rocket off the ...

The success of SpaceX and other private-sector space firms is throwing up hard questions about America's "great national ...

Here is a look at the life of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and a former US senator. Personal Birth date: July 18, 1921 Death date: December 8, 2016 Birth place: Cambridge, Ohio ...

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity Tuesday, without straying too far from home. Blue Origin launched the 29 ...

Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. By reaching orbit, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch has marked a ...

Since then, there have been more adventures: last year he demonstrated Captain Kirk-like daring by travelling in an upgraded SpaceX capsule ... Bezos's new Moon rocket, New Glenn, had its maiden ...

How big is Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket? What does New Glenn look like compared to SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets? Sept. 12, 2016: A graphic compares Blue Origin's New Glenn rockets to other rockets ...

While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.

Rival SpaceX does operate a limited space tourism business but so far at least mostly offers rocket rides on its own Falcon 9 ...

And launching a new rocket of this size is highly complex. The New Glenn rocket’s engines use ... “But I do feel like we’ve tested this vehicle, we did our hot fire a couple weeks ago ...