One of the primary purposes of these APUs is to power the deployment of landing legs needed to make a soft ... Finally, the current launch period for New Glenn closes on January 16.

New Glenn represents not only a whole different class of rocket, but the firing of a starting pistol in the next leg of the 21st century space race.

It does so using seven engines that Blue Origin produces in-house. After the New Glenn completes the first leg of its flight, the booster detaches and begins its journey back to Earth. Three of ...