Blue Origin has officially announced that its next-generation New Glenn rocket will launch NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission in a ...

A NASA Mars mission's long and winding road to the launch pad is nearing its end. The twin ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma ...

Blue Origin has been mum about the payload that will fly on this rocket, but multiple people have told Ars that the current ...

Blue Origin's first launch of its New Glenn rocket was supposed to send up a pair of Mars-bound satellites for NASA, but ...

The roughly 320-foot (98-meter) New Glenn is not only the first Blue Origin rocket designed to be capable of hauling satellites to space, it’s also among the most powerful in the world.

The two-stage New Glenn will stand more than 320 feet (98 meters) tall, with the capability to haul nearly 100,000 pounds (45 metric tons) of payload into low-Earth orbit, according to Blue Origin.

New Glenn is the flagship reusable rocket design for Blue Origin, Amazon-owner Jeff Bezos’ launch-vehicle initiative that looks to rival SpaceX in the burgeoning commercial space industry.

If Blue Origin is unable to launch New Glenn on Friday, the company could potentially try again through Jan. 12, depending on the nature of the delay and available time to address it.