For the first time, Blue Origin put its New Shepard suborbital rocket ship through a couple of minutes' worth of moon-level ...

For the first time since its founding, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Blue Origin had reached orbit. The long-awaited debut launch of the New Glenn rocket, a super-heavy lift vehicle developed ...

The capsule, carrying 30 science payloads, landed in the desert 10 minutes after liftoff, slowed by parachutes and a final ...

According to the Blue Origin website, the engines of the Blue Origin New Glenn reusable rocket were made in Kent, Wash. and Huntsville, Ala. The engines are the BE-3PM, BE-3U, BE-4 and BE-7.

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Close to 10 years after it first sent a rocket to space, Blue Origin put one into Earth's ... its seven BE-4 methane-fueled engines leaving a trail of bright blue and purple fire.

But as the booster was set to reignite its engines for touchdown, the live data from the rocket cut off and Blue Origin webcast hosts were left guessing what might have happened. The hosts later ...

That maneuver, designed to allow Blue Origin to refurbish and reuse rocket boosters — much like SpaceX does with its Falcon rockets — is intended to save money and drive down the cost of launches.

New Glenn, the rocket flying on Friday, uses seven engines called BE-4s. Some have been to orbit already, but not aboard a Blue Origin rocket. The Vulcan rocket built by a competitor, United ...

All seven engines at full thrust ... The launch was a major success for Blue Origin, Mr. Bezos’ rocket company. It should quiet critics who say that the company has been too slow compared ...