Former Aggie Glenn Hegar becomes Texas A&M System’s 15th Chancellor, succeeding John Sharp after 14 years of leadership.

John Glenn's last correspondence before his death was to approve the use of his name for Blue Origin's first orbital-class rocket. Glenn hailed the booster for what it could enable for spaceflight.

New Glenn, which honors John Glenn, is five times taller. Blue Origin poured more than $1 billion into New Glenn’s launch site, rebuilding historic Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Blue Origin Launches New Glenn Rocket New Glenn, named after the astronaut John Glenn, successfully lifted off early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

New Glenn, which honors John Glenn, is five times taller. Blue Origin poured more than $1 billion into New Glenn's launch site, rebuilding historic Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

New Shepard is named for Alan Shepard, the first American in space, while New Glenn honors John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth. At more than 320 feet high, New Glenn is a hulk compared ...

Blue Origin has also been making steady progress on its own next-generation orbital booster, which the company has named New Glenn (after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth).

After scrubbing twice this week, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, a 320-foot-tall reusable rocket, ... But the Bezos-led company is more ambitious with the New Glenn (named after John Glenn, ...

Blue Origin successfully launched its two-stage heavy-lift New Glenn rocket on its unmanned maiden voyage into space early Thursday, achieving the mission's primary goal of reaching orbit.

Blue Origin practices maneuvering a 200-foot-tall New Glenn first-stage simulator at Port Canaveral in Florida. (Blue Origin Photo / John Kraus) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has ...

John Glenn, the first American to fly into orbit, gives his thumbs up in 1962, just as he did (figuratively) in reaction to Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital rocket being given his name in 2016.