Blue Origin's giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday morning on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth's orbit for Jeff Bezos's space company as it aims ...

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin reaches orbit in 1st New Glenn launch, misses booster landing 4 astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing's capsule trouble Then SpaceX delayed the launch ...

Meanwhile, the rocket's upper stage will fire its engines toward Earth orbit, reaching a maximum altitude of roughly 12,000 miles above the surface. A Defense Department-funded prototype of an ...

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket achieved orbit on its long-awaited first launch Jan. 16, although the company failed in its attempt to recover the first stage. New Glenn lifted off ...

Then, the upper stage's two BE-3U engines appeared to perform flawlessly, pushing the Blue Ring pathfinder payload toward orbit. These engines burned very nearly for 10 minutes before shutting ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the ...

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The secret behind how the International Space Station remains in orbit can be traced all the way back to the genius of Sir Isaac Newton. The International Space Station (ISS) orbits high above our ...

Here’s how it works. The term "perihelion" describes the point in an astronomical body's orbit where it is nearest to the sun. Derived from the Greek words peri (around) and helios (sun), the ...

ForbesJeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Reaches Orbit On First Attempt— What To KnowBy Jamie Carter Confirmed New Glenn missions for NASA in the future include carrying Blue Origin’s now-in ...