Multistage rockets, also known as step rockets, are launch vehicles that use two or more rocket stages, each containing its own engines and propellant. This design enables rockets to effectively shed ...

Standing 320 feet tall, New Glenn is a massive multi-stage rocket designed to produce an estimated 3.9 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. Once completed, it will feature a fully reusable first ...

Despite a lengthy development time and plenty of setbacks, the multi-stage rocket is no slouch. The New Glenn can produce roughly twice as much thrust at liftoff than Falcon 9, but falls short of ...

New Glenn, a multistage rocket named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, is the first Blue Origin rocket to reach orbit. Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket reached orbit on its first ...

North Korea launched a multistage rocket Friday morning, again defying countries that want it to stop pursuing advanced weapons, but it apparently blew up less than two minutes into flight.

Advertisement The rocket is named after John Glenn ... than a decade and is as concerned about the performance of the multi-stage rocket as it is about the payload, the company said.

While Blue Origin launches its single-stage New Shepard from Texas − which carries payload and paying passengers on a short ride to the edge of space − this will be the first time the company has ...

Blue Origin has been working on the New Glenn rocket for more than a decade and is as concerned about the performance of the multi-stage rocket as it is about the payload, the company said. "This is ...