New Glenn - Wikipedia John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth and the namesake of the New Glenn spacecraft, piloting the Friendship 7 space capsule during his flight on February 20, 1962
New Glenn | Blue Origin New Glenn is named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth The rocket is engineered with the safety and redundancy required to fly humans, and will enable our vision of building a road to space for the benefit of Earth
New Glenn launches on third mission, successfully reuses. . . Development of New Glenn began as early as 2012, with the vehicle suffering several delays and setbacks before finally launching on its first mission, New Glenn 1 (NG-1), in January 2025
Blue Origins New Glenn rocket explodes on pad, topples lightning tower . . . During a pre-launch static fire, a fully stacked rocket for Blue Origin’s fourth New Glenn rocket suffered a failure, leading to its destruction and damage to the launch pad’s infrastructure The explosion took place at LC-36, Blue Origin ‘s New Glenn launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station