For the first time since its founding, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Blue Origin had reached orbit. The long-awaited debut launch of the New Glenn rocket, a super-heavy lift vehicle developed ...

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

But Blue Origin did not reach its bonus goal of guiding part of the New Glenn rocket called the first-stage booster back to a safe landing on a seafaring platform after takeoff. That maneuver ...

The flight profile has the rocket lifting off from LC-36 powered by seven of Blue Origin’s BE-4 engines using the blue flame-burning ... The New Glenn boosters are designed for 25 flights.

Blue Origin also attempted to land the rocket's booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean, but the booster was lost during reentry through the atmosphere. The launch is a defining moment for Blue ...

For the first time, Blue Origin put its New Shepard suborbital rocket ship through a couple of minutes' worth of moon-level ...

Blue Origin’s stretch goal: New Glenn’s booster stage is intended ... at a beachfront hotel on Cocoa Beach. The rocket is lit up with a bright flame where vented propellant burns off.

Just before touching down on the platform, the booster will reignite some of its engines and deploy six massive legs to stand on. The landing maneuver, designed to allow Blue Origin to refurbish and ...

Shrugging off bad weather, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its ... telemetry and video from the rocket froze. "We may very well have lost the booster," a company commentator said.