New Glenn

New Glenn is Blue Origin's heavy rocket, named after John Glenn, with seven methane-fueled BE-4 engines on a first stage built to land on a ship and fly again. It reaches orbit on its first flight in January 2025 and lands its booster on its second, in November 2025, while sending NASA's ESCAPADE probes toward Mars.

Launches

3

Success rate

67%

0 failures · 1 partial

First flight

16 January 2025

Maiden Flight

Last flight

19 April 2026

BlueBird 7 (Block 2 #2)

Builder

Blue Origin

Height

98 m

Diameter

7 m

Stages

2

Propellants

Methane / LOX, LH2 / LOX

Payload to LEO

45,000 kg

Payload to GTO

13,000 kg

Reusable

First stage