New Glenn, which has been in development for about a decade, can carry 50 tons (45 metric tons) of payload to low Earth orbit ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin have completed three engine run tests of the X-59 aircraft for its planned 2025 first flight under ...

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has taken another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket visible as a streak of light from bottom right to top left. Don Pettit / NASA Blue Origin launched its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket for the first time last week ...

320-foot New Glenn rocket — named for late astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the planet — blasted off a NASA launch pad in Florida on its first test flight, drawing cheers from ...

Blue Origin now hopes to use New Glenn to launch satellites and other spacecraft, including some that it is designing for the moon. The company already has contracts with NASA, the Space Force ...

Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA's Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago.

NASA is seeking input on proposed plans to build a cryogenic hydrogen test facility that would support the development of ...

The space industry started off 2025 with a bang. January brought the dual launch of lunar landers from the Texas-based ...

NASA Glenn research center has partnered with Blue Origin to begin testing how materials react when caught on fire in different gravities.

NASA has successfully tested innovative shape memory alloy spring tires for Mars rovers, enhancing durability on rugged terrain. Shape memory alloys are metals that return to their original shape ...