WASHINGTON — Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket achieved orbit on its long-awaited first launch Jan. 16, although the company failed in its attempt to recover the first stage. New Glenn lifted off ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the ...

Then, the upper stage's two BE-3U engines appeared to perform flawlessly, pushing the Blue Ring pathfinder payload toward orbit. These engines burned very nearly for 10 minutes before shutting ...

The two satellites of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Space Docking Experiment, or SpaDex, successfully met up in Earth orbit yesterday (Jan. 15), making India just the fourth ...

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HELSINKI — India completed the docking of two spacecraft in orbit, marking a crucial step forward for the country’s robotic lunar and human spaceflight plans. The Space Docking Experiment ...

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 ...

About 12.5 minutes later, the rocket's upper stage reached orbit — the main goal of today's test flight, which the company called NG-1. "We got to orbit safely,” Ariane Cornell, vice president ...

Still, the Blue Ring Pathfinder satellite platform payload made it safely into orbit, marking a major success for Blue Origin. CEO Dave Limp said he was incredibly proud of the team and its launch.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched a rocket into orbit for the first time. In a feat that puts the company in a position to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the launch ...

Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn rocket has successfully launched and reached orbit, though engineers failed to safely land the first-stage rocket booster back on Earth as hoped. Even so, ...