One of the key questions about Blue Origin is whether it will push toward full reusability with New Glenn. In 2021, Ars first reported on an effort codenamed "Project Jarvis" to develop a stainless steel upper stage that could be reused. The company even built a test tank, although the effort was eventually shelved.

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin joined the billionaire’s space race in earnest when its New Glenn rocket roared from a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in the early morning hours of Jan. 16. The second stage with the Blue Ring payload successfully reached orbit. However, an attempt to land the first stage on a drone ship failed.

After the Jan. 16 maiden launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, billionaire Jeff Bezos and crew dined at the Country Cookin' Diner in Port St. John. Bezos, who owns Blue Origin, ate the pancake combo, with two eggs over medium and a sausage patty. "He tipped well. He was very generous," waitress Pam Pollock said.

In unusual fashion, Blue Origin scrubbed two New Glenn rocket maiden mission launch ... named for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' mother. In the meantime, SpaceX is scheduled to launch Firefly ...

Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. By reaching orbit, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch has marked a milestone for a commercial space company that has big ambitions.

Once a company dabbling only in "space tourism," Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin turned into an honest-to-goodness space company last week. In the early morning hours of Jan. 16, at 2:03 a.m. ET, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket ship lit up the skies over Cape Canaveral,

The world is entering a new era of space exploration where both robots and humans will explore the Moon and Mars. Driven by NASA and SpaceX, with significant investments from Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos,

New Glenn, named after the astronaut John Glenn, successfully lifted off early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket safely achieved orbit during its inaugural NG-1 mission, marking a significant milestone for the company and the commercial space industry.

On Wednesday, the judge agreed to hold hearings to consider both requests. By Corey Kilgannon The former New Jersey senator was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of bribery and ...

As the month of January comes to a swift close, a sci-fi thriller drawing comparisons to “Barbarian” and a new animated film from the “Captain Underpants” world are hoping to finish out ...

Jeff Stein is the White House economics reporter ... In 2014, he founded the local news nonprofit the Ithaca Voice in Upstate New York. The Ithaca Voice has a full-time staff of reporters and ...