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'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

Blue Origin revealed some massively cool plans for its New Glenn rocket

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will build a 'super heavy' version of its powerful New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin announces a new version of New Glenn for the future and performance enchantments which will be included from the next flight

[Eric Berger] After last week’s stunning landing, here’s what comes next for Blue Origin (mentions plans to launch “well above” a dozen New Glenn flights in 2026)

Watch Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket ace its epic landing on a ship at sea (video)

Blue Origin lands huge New Glenn rocket booster for 1st time after acing Mars ESCAPADE launch for NASA

Jeff Bezos-funded Blue Origin aims for Mars in the first big test of its New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin: New Glenn launch postponed due to highly elevated solar activity

Blue Origin launch of huge New Glenn rocket with NASA Mars probes delayed by weather, next try set for Nov. 12

New Glenn is now launching NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars on Friday, moving up from earlier launch date of Sunday, Nov. 9

Blue Origin fires up powerful New Glenn rocket ahead of NASA Mars mission launch (video)