John Glenn Space Missions

New Glenn, Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin targeting late spring for 2nd launch of powerful New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin aims to launch its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket for the second time in late spring, after making modifications designed to help the vehicle's first stage stick its landing this time.

Digital Trends on MSN · 21h

Blue Origin’s next New Glenn mission aims to nail booster landing

Blue Origin has revealed a target time-frame for its next New Glenn rocket mission, and it really wants to achieve something it failed at the first time around.

GeekWire · 1d

Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket to orbit for the first time, marking a milestone for Jeff Bezos

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

Florida Today on MSN · 1d

Blue Origin to lay off 10% of workforce, just one month after New Glenn rocket maiden launch

Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp outlined the cutbacks in a Thursday morning email to employees, who were later notified of their job status via emails.

Smithsonian Magazine4d

STS-95: John Glenn Returns to Space

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, ...

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Here's Every Major US Space Launch Scheduled in 2025: Plan Your Viewing

Blue Ghost and New Glenn started off the year right. Many more launches are on the way, and many can be watched online.

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Blue Origin spacecraft successfully simulates moon’s gravity: See video of launch

Nine of Blue Origin's 29 missions have carried humans to the edge of space, allowing a total of 47 passengers ...

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Blue Origin reaches orbit for the first time with New Glenn rocket

SUBORBITAL: Blue Origin resumes flight from West Texas more than a year after an accident grounded its rocket The rocket, named for NASA astronaut John Glenn ... mission, as well as the ...

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John Glenn Fast Facts

Flew a total of 149 missions during World War II and the ... February 20, 1962 – An Atlas rocket launches Glenn’s space capsule, the Friendship 7. Glenn becomes the first American to orbit ...

Amazon (AMZN) Founder Bezos Cuts Hundreds of Jobs at Blue Origin Space Group

Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company is making hundreds of employees redundant as it recovers from a less than ...

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