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Blue Origin Postpones Second New Glenn Launch Carrying NASA’s Mars ESCAPADE Probes

The delay stalls Blue Origin’s bid to validate New Glenn reusability on a NASA Mars mission.

Blue Origin se prépare à se lancer vers Mars, avec la Nasa.
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Une fusée New Glenn de Blue Origin est préparée pour le lancement de la mission EscaPADE de la NASA avec deux satellites en orbite autour de Mars, depuis la station spatiale de Cape Canaveral en Floride, États-Unis, le 8 novembre 2025.

Overview

  • Blue Origin announced a delay to Sunday’s launch from Cape Canaveral, which had a window opening at 2:45 p.m. ET and a webcast slated to begin 45 minutes earlier.
  • The flight was set to deploy NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft, Blue and Gold, to investigate how the solar wind affects Mars’ atmosphere and magnetic field.
  • The mission planned a first-stage landing attempt on the Jacklyn ocean platform after January’s debut flight reached orbit but failed to recover the booster.
  • Rescheduling could face tighter opportunities as the FAA will restrict commercial rocket departures starting Monday during the federal funding shutdown.
  • NASA targets 2027 for the probes’ arrival in Martian orbit if the mission proceeds as planned, and Blue Origin says the second stage will be secured and inerted after deployment to reduce orbital debris.