Tag: Blue Origin
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Blue Origin announce upgrades to New Glenn ahead of Flight 3
Blue Origin has unveiled upgrades to its New Glenn rocket, aimed at boosting payload capacity, launch frequency, and overall reliability. These enhancements come on the heels of two successful missions earlier this year, with the second including a maiden landing for the booster. The upgrades, which include more powerful engines and advanced reusability features, are…
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Blue Origin supersizes New Glenn rocket to send heavier payloads to Earth orbit and beyond
An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket with nine BE-4 engines on its first stage. (Blue Origin Illustration) Just a week after a successful launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it will make New Glenn even heavier. The new super-heavy-lift variant of Blue Origin’s most…
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U.S. FAA Lifts Temporary Restrictions on Commercial Rocket Launches After Government Reopens
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has lifted temporary restrictions that had limited commercial rocket launches to nighttime hours, easing constraints on companies such as SpaceX following the end of the federal government shutdown. The order, issued on Nov. 10, was designed to reduce workload for air traffic controllers during the shutdown by avoiding daytime…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launches twin probes on trip to Mars — and scores a booster touchdown
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket rises from its Florida launch pad. (Blue Origin Photo via Dave Limp / X) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent twin orbiters on the first leg of their journey to Mars today, marking a successful sequel to January’s first liftoff of the company’s heavy-lift New Glenn launch vehicle. The…
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Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing
New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral, carrying twin Mars probes for NASA. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. Blue Origin launched its second heavy-lift New Glenn rocket Thursday, putting two small NASA satellites onto a long, looping course to Mars to learn more about how the sun has slowly blown away the…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Completes Second Flight, Deploys NASA Mars-Bound Satellites
Blue Origin’s New Glenn booster completed its second-ever trip to space on Thursday, successfully launching two NASA satellites on a mission to study the Martian atmosphere. The unmanned rocket lifted off shortly after 4 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 36, carrying the twin ESCAPADE probes. After stage separation, the reusable…
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Blue Origin launches ESCAPADE on New Glenn, successfully lands first stage booster
Following a successful first flight in January, Blue Origin successfully launched its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket from Florida once again, this time with a payload bound for Mars. The second New Glenn mission, named “NG-2” by Blue Origin, lifted off on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC) from Launch Complex 36 (LC-36)…
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Launch preview: Blue Origin to launch NASA’s ESCAPADE following scrubs from clouds, space weather
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket that will launch NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration Dynamics Explorers) mission along with a technology demonstration from Viasat. Image: Blue Origin Blue Origin is stepping back up to the plate and will take another crack at launching its 98-meter-tall (321 ft) rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on…
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NASA scrubs ESCAPADE launch due to ‘highly elevated solar activity’
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket designed for the NG-2 mission is pictured at sunset at Launch Complex 36, the evening of Nov. 8, 2025. The rocket will carry NASA’s ESCAPADE mission along with a payload demonstration for Viasat. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now Update Nov. 12, 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 UTC): NASA scrubbed the…
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Launch Roundup: New Glenn, Viasat, & Sentinel-6B highlight busy week of launches
This week’s launch schedule featured two high-profile launches that were pushed back after scrubs from last week, as well as the Sentinel-6B mission and two Starlink missions for SpaceX. A suborbital Electron HASTE mission from Wallops is also scheduled. New Glenn’s second launch, featuring the Mars-bound ESCAPADE payload, was scheduled to launch no earlier than…