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Blue Origin Aims to Launch New Glenn Today With NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars Mission

The mission will first send twin probes to L2 before a later Mars transfer.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket sits on the launch pad, shortly before being delayed by weather on Earth and in space.
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready on Launch Complex 36 a few minutes before the launch was scrubbed at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket

Overview

  • Liftoff from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 36 is targeted during a 2:50–4:17 p.m. ET window.
  • NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft, built by Rocket Lab with UC Berkeley, will head to the Earth–Sun L2 point before continuing to Mars for a 2027 arrival.
  • Blue Origin will try to land the New Glenn first stage on the recovery vessel Jacklyn after its debut flight reached orbit but failed to stick the landing in January.
  • Space Launch Delta 45 forecasts better than 95% favorable conditions at the pad, with moderate risk for downrange recovery and solar activity.
  • A Sunday attempt was scrubbed due to heavy rain, pad ground-systems issues, and a cruise ship entering the downrange hazard area.