The 'original' John Glenn gave his 'go' for Blue Origin's New Glenn ...
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.
John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space
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.
Musk vs Bezos: Upcoming Blue Origin New Glenn and SpaceX …
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.
Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn Rocket Lifts Off on First Flight
Jan 16, 2025 · New Glenn, named after John Glenn, the NASA astronaut who was the first American to orbit Earth, dwarfs New Shepard. ... Like SpaceX, the company is envisioning New Glenn not as a rocket just to ...
New Glenn vs Falcon Heavy: The Battle of the Mega Rockets
Aug 19, 2024 · In the world of commercial spaceflight, two massive rockets are poised to transform how we access space – Blue Origin’s New Glenn and SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. Both vehicles represent the next leap in rocket technology, offering unprecedented capabilities at a lower cost through reusability.
How Blue Origin's New Glenn compares to SpaceX's Starship, …
Jan 2, 2025 · Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes in at a towering 320 feet tall — which is equivalent to a 32-story skyscraper. Still, it's overshadowed by SpaceX's Starship, which current launches...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket | AP …
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.
New Glenn Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space …
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...
New Glenn: How Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aims to challenge Elon …
Jan 4, 2025 · Nearly 25 years after Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin, the company is finally poised to send its first rocket to orbit. New Glenn could lift off as early as next week.
Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket, the company’s first SpaceX ...
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.