Still, one feature that makes New Glenn stand out is its large payload fairing, or nose cone. The component protects the cargo bay and is a whopping 23 feet (7 meters) wide — nearly 6 feet (2 ...

If New Glenn lifts off on Monday as planned ... It is as tall as a 32-story building, and its voluminous nose cone can carry larger satellites and other payloads than other rockets in operation ...

Still, one feature that makes New Glenn stand out is its large payload fairing, or nose cone. The component protects the cargo bay and is a whopping 23 feet (7 meters) wide — nearly 6 feet (2 meters) ...

On a Florida launchpad that has been dormant for almost two decades, a new, roughly 320-foot (98-meter ... is an upper rocket stage that includes a cargo bay protected by a nose cone that will house ...

With a successful maiden flight, New Glenn will become the newest reusable ... science with its power and its spacious fairing, the nose cone that protects a spacecraft’s payload during launch.

The new target launch time was announced after ... which includes the vehicle’s nose cone, or payload fairing, that’s designed to shield cargo during liftoff. The booster will then use fins ...

Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket still awaits liftoff after ... The payload fairing, a protective nose cone on a rocket, was signed by thousands of Blue Origin employees as "a tribute ...

But according to Blue Origin, a larger nose cone gives New Glenn twice the cargo volume of Falcon 9, and its powerful engines are designed to propel double the payload mass. And Blue Origin is ...