Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

The seven BE-4 engines roared — sending awed spectators into screams and cheers — as Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket ascended into the clouds upon glowing white propulsion. For many ...

5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Liftoff. All seven engines at full thrust. One minute into flight. Now passing one minute 30 seconds into flight. Passing mach one. New Glenn is now supersonic. New Glenn ...

The seven-engine, 320-foot New Glenn rocket — named for late astronaut ... to help send two NASA spacecraft to Mars, but the idea was scrapped last October because it wasn’t ready in time.

Since then all the advances have been in making rockets larger and more efficient through innovations peripheral to the rocket engine itself. There are alternatives to chemical rockets ...

At 2:03 a.m. Eastern time, seven powerful engines ignited at the base of a 320-foot-tall rocket named New Glenn. The flames illuminated night into day at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Last year was a busy one for space missions, and 2025 looks set to be no different. The continued development of new rockets will feature heavily over the next 12 months. Heading into the new year ...

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

But the company failed to land New Glenn's main rocket engine, or booster, onto a platform in the Atlantic Ocean. It had hoped that the booster would be reusable for future launches but after ...

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