Falcon 9 booster recovery locations can vary, but typically happen about 400 miles from the coast. Blue Origin just like SpaceX plans to use cargo facilities at Port Canaveral to offload the ...

Blue Origin is planning to launch its reusable heavy-lift New Glenn rocket for its inaugural voyage at 1 a.m. EST Sunday if weather conditions allow it to proceed.

Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2000, made its maiden voyage into orbital space Thursday with its brand-new rocket, New Glenn.

Blue Origin will have to wait a bit longer to see its New Glenn rocket fly. The aerospace firm funded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos was set to launch its new rocket early on Monday, but a last minute issue with the hardware forced the team to stand down for the second time in as many days.

Blue Origin also hopes to show New Glenn’s potential for reusability. Similar to SpaceX’s Falcon 9, the main core of New Glenn is designed to come back to Earth after launch and land upright ...

The first-ever launch of the New Glenn represents a major milestone for the Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, whose Blue Origin spaceflight company has now officially entered the orbital launch market and heavy-lift space industry, setting it up to compete with the likes of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Similar to SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, the first stage will aim for a recovery landing downrange in the Atlantic on Blue Origin’s ship Jacklyn, named for company founder Jeff Bezos’ mother.

Blue Origin is among the contenders vying to build the first privately run platform. Like SpaceX's Falcon 9, New Glenn features a reusable first-stage booster -- designed for up to 25 flights ...

Jeff Bezos ‘s Blue Origin is set for an inaugural launch of its giant New Glenn rocket on Sunday, a long-awaited first leap to Earth orbit that sets up one of the biggest challenges yet to industry dominance enjoyed by Elon Musk ‘s SpaceX.

It's 90 feet taller and 11 feet wider in diameter than a Falcon 9. As part of its NG-1 mission this weekend, Blue Origin is hoping to launch a payload dubbed the "Bue Ring Pathfinder" into orbit ...

Rough seas caused Blue Origin to hold off a planned early Friday launch attempt with is debut of New Glenn now targeting early Sunday instead. SpaceX, though, still has plans to launch later Friday morning.