EXPLORATION PARK, Fla.—Jan. 16, 2025—Space Florida, the state’s aerospace finance and development authority, released the following statement on the successful launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.The quote should be attributed to Rob Long, president and CEO, Space Florida. "Congratulations to Blue Origin on the successful first launch of its New Glenn rocket, a huge achievement.

Blue Origin, a commercial spaceflight company and aerospace manufacturer, is dedicated to expanding humanity’s ability to live and work in space. Since 2012, their suborbital New Shepard rocket program has seen multiple successful crewed missions and has been instrumental in advancing reusable rocket engines and launch vehicles.

New Glenn is our giant, reusable rocket built for bigger things. New Glenn will launch for the first time from LC-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Jan 12, 2025 · My heartfelt thanks to everyone at Blue Origin for the tremendous amount of work in making today's success possible, and to our customers and the space community for their continuous support. ... Florida. The three-hour launch window opens at 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC). NG-1 is our first National Security Space Launch certification flight. ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is slated for its inaugural launch early Thursday morning from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The 3-hour window opened at 1 a.m.

A reusable rocket purpose-built to deliver high volume and mass to orbit, New Glenn is a key to unlocking our long-term vision — a future where people and heavy industries are moved into space to preserve Earth, humanity’s blue origin.

Jan 16, 2025 · Blue Origin, the rocket company Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos founded, notched one of the most substantial successes in its history on Thursday: sending a rocket to orbit.

Jan 4, 2025 · On a Florida launchpad that has been dormant for almost two decades, a new, roughly 320-foot (98-meter) rocket — developed by Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin — is poised for its maiden flight.

Jan 16, 2025 · 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.

“We congratulate Blue Origin for this incredible achievement and their unwavering commitment to advancing space exploration. Today’s news represents an extraordinary opportunity to demonstrate their remarkable capabilities and fulfill NASA's …