For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.
the space agency’s successor to the Saturn V for sending astronauts to the moon. The biggest rocket of all, at approximately 400 feet, is SpaceX’s Starship. Musk said the seventh test flight ...
These heavy-lift vehicles have roughly the size and heft of NASA's Saturn V — the rocket that launched Apollo astronauts to the moon — but they're designed for even more ambitious goals.
On Jan. 13, 1975, inside the cavernous VAB, workers stacked the Saturn IB rocket's first stage onto Mobile Launcher-1 (ML-1), modified from its use to launch Saturn V rockets during the Apollo program ...
Blue Origin made two adjustments in quick succession to its schedule for launching its New Glenn rocket to orbit for the first time.
The Saturn V rocket topped with the Apollo spacecraft had rolled out ... wheeled conveyance to transport their tools and lunar samples. A team led by project design engineer William Creasy developed ...
A graphic below compares New Glenn to the Saturn V and United Launch Alliance's powerful Delta IV Heavy rocket. If successful, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket will be certified to carry Department ...
Starship looms over all rockets throughout history at a whooping 395 feet tall. A history fact: if still utilized, NASA's Saturn V moon rocket which launched the Apollo missions would be slightly ...
"This is the closest rival to a Saturn V seen in 50 years. It's an incredible piece of machinery. So it'll be interesting to see how this goes out," O'Keefe said. Rocket photography:Blue Origin's ...