The Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin sent ... The seven-engine, 320-foot New Glenn rocket — named for late astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the planet — blasted off a NASA launch ...

Jeff Bezos' space company will try again to launch ... while the rocket's second stage continues toward orbit. Named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth in 1962, New Glenn has ...

Jeff Bezos announced in 2016 the program to develop this large launcher, whose first inaugural flight was set for 2020 but faced delays. With the New Glenn, named in honor of John Glenn ...

Bezos plans to compete directly with SpaceX's rockets, the company owned by his rival Elon Musk, with the New Glenn rocket, named in honor of John Glenn, the first NASA astronaut to orbit the Earth.

John Glenn. It is 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.

Jeff Bezos has moved to introduce a tough Amazon-like approach to his rocket maker Blue Origin, as the world’s third-richest ...

The billionaire handled his ownership admirably for more than a decade. But his courage failed him when he needed it most.

Jeff Bezos is infusing Amazon's rigorous culture into Blue Origin to accelerate its progress and compete with SpaceX. Bezos ...

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is taking over as CEO of rocket startup Relativity Space, which has ambitions to reach Mars.

Jeff Bezos' space company ... Named after astronaut John Glenn, the 320-foot rocket is designed to be partially reusable. Although the booster stage missed its landing on a barge in the Atlantic ...