(Photo Courtesy of Trevor Mahlmann) For the first time ever, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit, using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket. The two-stage rocket lifted ...

The New Glenn, powered by BE-4 engines, is a two-stage, heavy-lift orbital rocket with 3.85 million pounds of thrust at launch, more than double that of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which produces ...

Blue Origin, the spaceflight company set up by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is about to perform the first launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket. The two-stage rocket will lift off from Launch ...

Jan. 15 (UPI) --Blue Origin successfully launched its two-stage heavy-lift New Glenn rocket on its unmanned maiden voyage into space early Thursday, achieving the mission's primary goal of ...

The two-stage rocket lifted off in the late-night darkness at 2:03 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 36. The heavy-lift vehicle's second stage successfully carried the private space company's Blue Ring ...