New Glenn

New Glenn, named after John Glenn, is a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. Design work on the vehicle began in 2012. Illustrations of the vehicle, and the high-level specifications, were initially publicly unveiled in September 2016. New Glenn is described as a two-stage rocket with a diameter of 7 m. Its first stage will be powered by seven BE-4 engines that are also being designed and manufactured by Blue Origin. Like the New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle that preceded it, the New Glenn's first stage is designed to be reusable. Originally intended for first launch in 2020, by 2018 Blue Origin expected to launch New Glenn in 2021, which was subsequently delayed to no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2022 in February 2021.

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Blue Origin says New Glenn rocket will launch again 'before the end of the year' after explosion

Blue Origin Issues Official Statement on New Glenn Explosion

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during prelaunch test

New high res satellite imagery showing the damage to LC-36 by New Glenn's May 28 explosion with a before and after comparison

Other New Glenn booster Never Tell Me The Odds, which was located in the HIF facility on LC-36 has been damaged

First aerial photos of SLC-36 after New Glenn anomaly. One lightning tower & transport-erector are a total loss, with the other lightning tower having being damaged as well. HIF seems to have fared better than first thought.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball, imperiling NASA moon missions

Here’s why the failure of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic | “I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage.”

Blue Origin's New Glenn Blows Up During Static Fire Test

Blue Origin readies New Glenn rocket to launch 48 Amazon Leo satellites after FAA clearance

Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn | If Blue Origin wants to launch New Glenn 100 times a year, we’re here for it.

Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket grounded after launch mishap

[Official] Falcon lands for the 600th time - (editorial: along with New Glenn, a day for booster landing records all around)

Blue Origin reuses huge New Glenn rocket for 1st time, lands booster at sea — but deploys satellite into wrong orbit (launch video)

In its third flight, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket puts satellite payload into wrong orbit

Third New Glenn launch suffers upper stage malfunction

Watch Blue Origin launch a reused New Glenn rocket booster for 1st time ever today

Blue Origin fires up used New Glenn rocket ahead of landmark reflight (photo)

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will refly booster on next launch of powerful New Glenn rocket

Rocket returned, lightly used: Why Blue Origin's landed New Glenn booster is so clean