Florida’s sky briefly lit up during the night as one of a handful of big new American-made rockets took flight. It was the first time a new space company achieved orbit on the first launch attempt.

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

According to the Blue Origin website, the engines of the Blue Origin New Glenn reusable rocket were made in Kent, Wash. and Huntsville, Ala. The engines are the BE-3PM, BE-3U, BE-4 and BE-7.

Blue Origin made two adjustments in quick succession to its schedule for launching its New Glenn rocket to orbit for the first time.

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

Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in ...

Blue Origin has shared a video recap of last week's maiden launch of the New Glenn, including dramatic close-up footage of ...

The seven BE-4 engines roared — sending awed spectators into screams and cheers — as Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket ascended ...

These engines simultaneously fired for the first time for ... integrated system — Limp said crews would mate the encapsulated payload with the rocket. Afterward, New Glenn would be ready for launch.

Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.