John Glenn was "deeply touched" that Blue Origin named its first orbital-class rocket after him.

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Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2000, is poised for a historic first: its maiden voyage into orbital space with a brand new rocket, New Glenn.

Blue Origin is now aiming to launch its first orbital-class rocket no earlier than Sunday (Jan. 12) after a weather delay to ...

In the early hours this coming Sunday, Blue Origin's long-awaited New Glenn rocket will launch for the very first time. This ...

Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes in at a towering 320 feet tall — which is equivalent to a 32-story skyscraper.

"Sea state conditions are still unfavorable for booster landing. We're shifting our NG-1 launch date by one day to no earlier ...

There's still no firm date for the debut launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket. According to the Space Coast Office of Tourism, the launch is now scheduled for no earlier than 1 a.m. on Friday ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, announced in 2016, is set to debut this week, no earlier than January 8 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, according to the launch site SpaceFlight Now.

At the same time that Blue Origin announced the New Glenn in 2016, it also teased about an even larger, more powerful rocket, the "New Armstrong." Named after the late Neil Armstrong, the first ...