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 named for Alan Shepard, the first American in space. Standing ...

One we've been working on for four years. Meet New Glenn: Building, flying, landing, and re-flying New Shepard has taught us so much about how to design for practical, operable reusability.

New Shepard flights launch passengers from Blue ... It flew the much larger heavy-left New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral for the first time this past January. Also on Blue Origin’s plate ...