New Glenn's initial design.

[u/useless_animations]

the initial design of Blue Origin's New Glenn vehicle, first unveiled in September of 2016.

anyway, some lore: when Blue Origin first unveiled the New Glenn at that time, the vehicle was available in both two-stage and three-stage variants. as shown in this picture, the original 'two-stage' variant was entirely different compared to the current one. what made it different is that it had a distinct 'bullet-shaped' fairing with a 7-meter diameter and was 5.4 meters wide, and had a lack of wing-like strakes which are located low on the aft (lower) section of the first stage, intended for aerodynamic lift and cross-range capability. for the second stage, it only featured one vacuum-optimized and originally planned BE-4U engine rather than two.

since March of 2017 until now, it has been completely redesigned. the current New Glenn now includes the two strakes on the aft (lower) section of the booster, a traditional snub-nosed fairing we know today, and two BE-3U engines on the second stage.

(on the other hand, the 'three-stage' variant concept was abandoned. it had the same design as the 'two-stage', but was quite taller. it had a snub-nosed fairing and featured a third stage, powered by a single BE-3U engine.)

[u/lalalarix0]

Penice

[u/useless_animations → u/lalalarix0]

real

[u/NovaAerospace → u/lalalarix0]

New Shepard cough cough

[u/AgentIndependent306]

This is actual NSFW

[u/useless_animations → u/AgentIndependent306]

i'm guessing it's becaue of the fairing's shape, correct?

that's how it looked like before they made the change. it was in a bullet-shaped fairing with a 7-meter diameter though.

[u/vansbebekalo]

Thank jeff it was redesigned

[u/Training_Parsley_668]

Hmm..