Blue Origin unveils New Glenn, a reusable heavy rocket named after astronaut John Glenn

Blue Origin/New Glenn

Bezos presented New Glenn, a heavy-lift reusable rocket with a 270-foot-tall two-stage variant featuring seven methane-fueled BE-4 engines producing 3.85 million pounds of thrust. The first stage is designed to land on an offshore barge, with a first flight targeted before the end of 2019 from Cape Canaveral.

• Two-stage variant: 270 feet tall, 23-foot diameter, 3.85M lbs thrust at liftoff
• Engines: seven BE-4 engines on first stage, one vacuum-optimized BE-4 on second stage
• Three-stage variant planned at 313 feet with hydrogen-powered BE-3 third stage
• Reusable first stage lands on offshore barge or nearby pad like SpaceX Falcon 9