Dec 8, 2015 · In 1962, aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft, John Glenn made history by becoming the first American to orbit Earth and kicked the U.S. space program into overdrive.

Jan 7, 2025 · When it launches from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36, the multi-stage New Glenn, which is named for John Glenn, will be the first Blue Origin rocket to send a payload to orbit.

Jan 7, 2025 · John Glenn, the first American to fly into orbit, gives his thumbs up in 1962, just as he did (figuratively) in reaction to Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital rocket being given his name in 2016.

Jan 16, 2025 · Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk's SpaceX. The New Glenn rocket launched from Cape Canaveral...

In 1962, a no-nonsense test pilot with a gleaming bald head and steely determination strapped himself into a Mercury capsule and became the first American to orbit.

Jan 11, 2025 · New Glenn honors a legendary astronaut: John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth in 1962. It follows in the steps of New Shepard, Blue Origin's first rocket which was...

Jan 16, 2025 · New Glenn, named after the astronaut John Glenn, successfully lifted off early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Liftoff.

Jan 27, 2025 · SpaceX is also developing the largest rocket in the world, Starship, with the aim of full reusability. When I wrote Reentry , my book about the Falcon 9 era at SpaceX, I spoke with someone who had ...

Jan 16, 2025 · The debut flight of New Glenn, the company’s first rocket powerful enough to launch satellites to space, took off after 2 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Jan 16, 2025 · New Glenn, which honors John Glenn, is five times taller. Blue Origin poured more than $1 billion into New Glenn’s launch site, rebuilding historic Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The pad is 9 miles (14 kilometers) from the company’s control centers and rocket factory, outside the gates of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.