John Glenn was the only one of the Mercury Seven astronauts to fly on the space shuttleon STS-95 in October-November 1998. The flight came 36 years after his only other space mission, Mercury ...

The New Glenn makes it safely into orbit for the inaugural test flight of a rocket that could rival those in Elon Musk's SpaceX fleet.

The Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin sent its massive new rocket into space Thursday ... The seven-engine, 320-foot New Glenn rocket — named for late astronaut John Glenn, the first American ...

Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang first reported on Blue Origin’s plans for space in 2010. transcript New Glenn, named after the astronaut John Glenn, successfully lifted off early Thursday morning ...

Rockets launch from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, Florida, which is an hour east of Orlando theme parks. New Glenn is named for John Glenn. Blue Origin aims to land the first-stage ...

Here is a look at the life of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and a former US senator. Personal Birth date: July 18, 1921 Death date: December 8, 2016 Birth place: Cambridge, Ohio ...

called New Glenn, its name honoring US space legend John Glenn. Space agencies from around the world launched a total of 244 successful missions into orbit or space in 2024, which is the most in ...

John Glenn. It's five times taller than Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket that carries paying customers to the edge of space from Texas. Amazon's Jeff Bezos founded the company 25 years ago.

Blue Origin's successful maiden launch of New Glenn rocket made billionaire Jeff Bezos hungry. He ate breakfast at a Florida ...

5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Liftoff. All seven engines at full thrust. One minute into flight. Now passing one minute 30 seconds into flight. Passing mach one. New Glenn is now supersonic. New Glenn, named ...