The New Glenn’s upper stage successfully completed two burns of its BE-3U engines to carry the Blue Ring Pathfinder payload ...

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One of the key questions about Blue Origin is whether it will push toward full reusability with New Glenn. In 2021, Ars first ...

Like SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9, the New Glenn's first stage was designed to fly itself to a landing on a Blue Origin recovery ship after boosting the upper stage out of the lower atmosphere.

To that point, this NG-1 mission is New Glenn's first Space Force certification launch, paving the way to carry future Department of Defense payloads. The upper stage will also test a Blue Ring ...

New Glenn lifted off at 2:03 a.m. Eastern from ... Stage separation took place a little more than three minutes after liftoff. The upper stage ignited its two BE-3U engines and continued its ...

In another hour or so, New Glenn’s upper stage will orient itself to point down toward Earth. And about four hours after that — sometime around 8 a.m. ET — the rocket is expected to reenter ...

For the first time since its founding, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Blue Origin had reached orbit. The long-awaited ...

For New Glenn's NG-1 flight, the Blue Ring Pathfinder will remain fixed to the New Glenn upper stage for the duration of its flight. New Glenn itself is designed to be a flexible heavy-lift rocket ...

Like SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9, the New Glenn's first stage was designed to fly itself to a landing on a Blue Origin recovery ship after boosting the upper stage out of the lower atmosphere.

Blue Origin has just released a video recap (above) of last week’s successful maiden launch of its heavy-lift rocket, the New Glenn. The footage shows some dramatic close-ups of the 98-meter ...