Blue Origin is gearing up for the second-ever launch of its New Glenn rocket, set to carry NASA’s ambitious ESCAPADE mission ...

New Glenn will also carry a secondary payload as a part of the NG-2 launch. A technology demonstration from satellite ...

New Glenn is considerably more powerful. The 320-foot-tall launch vehicle is Blue Origin’s first heavy-lift rocket, designed to launch more than 45 tons of payload to low Earth orbit.

As Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said in an interview at The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit earlier this month, New Glenn is key to his vision to lowering the cost of launch enough to move all ...

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 first American to orbit Earth, ...

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off on its inaugural launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius ...

Blue Origin hauled the immense first stage booster for its upcoming debut launch of its New Glenn rocket to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday. Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp posted images ...

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for its inaugural launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 10, 2025.

The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday during its inaugural launch.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — Blue Origin has only 40 days to go to be ready for its first launch of its heavy lift New Glenn rocket, but has a lot of boxes to tick before liftoff.

Given Blue Origin's history of New Glenn delays, that's probably the safer bet. New Glenn's inaugural flight has been delayed from 2020 until 2021, then 2022, and for now, is slated for 2024.

Blue Origin is currently targeting 1 a.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 10, for the launch of its first New Glenn rocket on a mission called NG-1, but the exact time could be later.