In a first, the Jeff Bezos-led spaceflight company simulated lunar gravity on a suborbital rocket to test various science payloads.

What happens now? The second stage of the rocket is now gliding through orbit, carrying the Blue Ring Pathfinder payload. In a short while, the rocket's upper stage will orient itself down towards ...

The Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin sent its massive new rocket into space Thursday — and carried a prototype satellite into orbit thousands of miles above the Earth’s surface. The seven-engine ...

In the meantime, SpaceX developed its own gargantuan rocket ... design. So far, it’s been successful, as evidenced by the company pulling off an unprecedented booster catch in October. Blue ...

Not long after takeoff, Blue Origin announced on its website that New ... Glenn features a two-stage design. The first stage, the reusable booster, lifts the rocket off the launch pad and powers ...

Hundreds of employees from Blue Origin’s headquarters in Kent, Washington, and its Florida rocket factory watched the historic launch via a company livestream. (AP) Blue Origin’s massive New ...

Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket, named after astronaut John Glenn, from Cape Canaveral. The rocket carried a prototype satellite, with plans for future missions including lunar exploration.

Blue Origin, the rocket company Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos ... increased mobility in space,” according to Blue Origin’s website. “The spacecraft’s ability to maneuver to multiple ...

Wendy Whitman Cobb is affiliated with the US School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Her views are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Defense or any of its ...