Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Launches NASA's Mars Mission
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launched NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to study Mars’ space weather, landing its booster successfully for the first time on a sea platform 375 miles offshore.
- Yesterday, Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral carrying NASA's ESCAPADE and landed the first stage on recovery ship Jacklyn 9 minutes, 15 seconds after liftoff.
- Earlier this month, Blue Origin faced weather and solar-storm delays that postponed Nov. 9 and Nov. 12 launch attempts, after NASA selected it in early 2023 and the mission slipped from late 2024, costing about $60 million.
- About 33 minutes after liftoff, the Rocket Lab-built twin ESCAPADE spacecraft, each 535 kilograms, separated and will loiter near the Earth-sun L2 point before heading to Mars in September 2027.
- Space Force officials said the flight moves New Glenn closer to NSSL certification, clearing a penultimate hurdle and positioning Blue Origin for about seven Phase 3 Lane 2 missions.
- The mission's scientific returns and reusable-booster approach aim to aid future human and robotic exploration, with Blue Origin planning to tow the booster to Port Canaveral for refurbishing and at least 25 flights.
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Blue Origin’s 1st recovered New Glenn booster arrives to Port Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL — There are tall, pointy metal tubes aplenty at Port Canaveral, but one is extra large. The first-ever recovered first-stage booster for Blue Origin’s massive New Glenn rocket arrived to the port Tuesday morning five days after its launch from nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 36 on the NG-2 mission for NASA. Its girth stuck out like a massive, freestanding cigarette with a still-white paint job with a gol…
NASA's latest ESCAPADE is sending twin low-cost orbiters to examine Mars’ atmosphere
Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE, or Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, mission will help unleash.
All The Angles Of Blue Origin’s Incredible Rocket Booster Landing
Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space company, joined a very small club on Thursday when it completed its first reusable rocket booster reentry and landing.The launch, which was Blue Origin’s first for a paying customer, sent two satellites into space for NASA. Those satellites are headed toward Mars to study the impacts of solar wind on the Red Planet, among other things.The New Glenn rocket booster then reentered the atmosphere and succes…
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New Glenn Rocket Aces Launch and Landing
Blue Origin completed a successful second launch of its New Glenn rocket Nov. 13 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla.—and even managed to land the launch vehicle’s booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean. The milestone moves the company closer to certification for the Space Force’s flagship launch program, and the ability to reuse boosters could position it to compete for a larger share of national security missions in the future. R…
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