Bezos’ space company Blue Origin started at about the same time as Musk’s SpaceX but since then Musk’s firm has launched more ...
It follows in the steps of New Shepard, Blue Origin's first rocket which was named for Alan Shepard, the first American in space. Standing 320 feet (98 meters) tall -- roughly equivalent to a ...
Blue Origin for years has launched and landed its much smaller, reusable New Shepard rocket to and from the brim of Earth’s atmosphere. It has yet to send anything into orbit in the 25 years ...
Blue Origin already lands their single-stage suborbital New Shepard rocket after flights from Texas. For this inaugural flight, Blue Origin has revealed the payload will be a test of the company ...
Blue Origin has been launching its sub-orbital, single-stage New Shepard rocket for several years, but the New Glenn is a major step up and gives the company a chance to join a select group of ...
So far, Blue Origin has been known mostly for its space tourism efforts, launching paying customers and celebrities on New Shepard — a much smaller, suborbital rocket that is not powerful enough ...
While the company has been launching its suborbital rocket and spacecraft New Shepard regularly since 2015, it has yet to launch a rocket that can reach orbit. New Glenn was first announced ...