The New Glenn rocket is the first multi-stage rocket by Blue Origin, which was founded by former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The rocket is named for the first American to orbit the Earth, John Glenn.

He proposed a rocket-propelled voyage to the moon 57 years before it happened, and he was issued a patent for a multi-stage rocket in 1914. Less than a decade after the first flight of the ...

“Man Will Conquer Space Soon,” blared the headline, above a painting of a multi-stage rocket with engines blazing, bound for orbit. Designed by German rocket pioneer Wernher von ...

China's space agency disagrees, saying the rocket stage in question safely reentered and burned up in the atmosphere earlier this year. Many space missions are launched on multi-stage rockets.

It is common for UFO sighting reports to spike after launches, due to the colorful orbs, streaks and “spherical clouds” created when multi-stage rockets interact with the atmosphere ...

It was the most expensive endeavor NASA had ever undertaken, and at 360 feet tall, the Saturn Five multi-stage rocket stood higher than the Statue of Liberty. President Kennedy speaks to an ...