Shrugging off bad weather, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its powerful New Glenn rocket on its maiden ... methane-burning BE-4 engines at the base of the first stage roared to life with a ...

According to the Blue Origin website, the engines of the Blue Origin New Glenn reusable rocket were made in Kent, Wash. and Huntsville, Ala. The engines are the BE-3PM, BE-3U, BE-4 and BE-7.

The massive rocket, powered by seven BE-4 engines in its first stage, slowly ascended. Stage separation took place a little more than three minutes after liftoff. The upper stage ignited its two ...

but development of the rocket's powerful BE-4 first-stage engines slowed the timeline. There were a few more delays in the home stretch. Today's liftoff was originally planned for Jan. 10 ...

5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Liftoff ... Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit. At 2:03 a.m. Eastern time, seven powerful engines ignited at the base of a 320-foot-tall rocket named ...

Early on Thursday morning, a Saturn V-sized rocket ... first stage burned for more than three minutes before the second stage separated at an altitude of 70 km. Then, the upper stage's two BE-3U ...

The launch window would again be 1 a.m. to 4 ... the rocket upward and the engines will shut down. Twelve seconds later, it will drop away, and nine seconds after that, the second-stage engine ...

It was a mixed bag for the aerospace giant, however, as they successfully caught the first stage ... foot rocket, powered by 33 Raptor engines, appeared to lift off successfully at 4:37 p.m ...