US EditionBlue Origin’s New Glenn Targets Mars with First Multi-Spacecraft Orbital Mission
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket attempts booster recovery while deploying NASA's ESCAPADE tech demonstrator to Mars, marking the company's second launch with a customer payload.
- On Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, Blue Origin will launch New Glenn NG-2 from LC-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying NASA's twin ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
- Blue Origin's NG-2 is the company's second New Glenn flight and first interplanetary mission carrying a customer payload, launching ESCAPADE satellites built by Rocket Lab for NASA and University of California Berkeley's Space Science Laboratory.
- After liftoff, New Glenn will surpass Mach in over a minute, shed its first stage after 3 minutes, and rely on twin BE-3U engines to reach deep space.
- Attempting a booster recovery, Blue Origin will target Jacklyn in the Atlantic Ocean after the first New Glenn flight in January failed to land, while Florida viewers can watch via Blue Origin livestream.
- Instead of heading directly to Mars, the twin satellites will loiter at L2 Lagrange point about 1 million miles away until next year, then begin an 11-month transit, while Blue Origin plans a booster reflight early next year and increased launch cadence in 2026.
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Blue Origin, the space company of Jeff Bezos, is about to launch its giant New Glenn rocket towards Mars. The flight must send two NASA probes and test the recovery of the thrusters, in an ever more intense space race against SpaceX. ...
Tonight, Jeff Bezos plans to launch his new rocket, the New Glenn, into space. This will be NASA's first mission to Mars since 2020. The mission's goal is to study the solar wind around Mars.
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New Glenn, the imposing orbital rocket that Blue Origin—Jeff Bezos's aerospace company—designed to compete with SpaceX's dominant Falcon rockets, is back for its second launch. This time, it's tasked with sending two identical spacecraft on a long and complex journey to Mars. The 322-foot (98-meter) tall rocket will lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida during an 88-minute launch window opening this Sunday at 2:45 p.m. ET. …
Landmark Mars mission and first big test for Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket is delayed by weather
Blue Origin is preparing a second launch of its New Glenn rocket, this time with twin Mars orbiters on board. The company will attempt to recover the rocket’s first stage.
For the first time since 2020, a NASA mission to Mars will launch tonight. Or two, actually, because the Escapade mission consists of two satellites that will orbit the red planet. Their primary task: to capture 3D images of the solar wind around Mars. At least, that's the plan. First, the launch in Florida has to go smoothly. The Escapade probes will launch into space aboard the New Glenn, the new workhorse of Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Or…
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