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New Glenn’s Second Flight Set for Nov. 9 to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars

The mission will send twin small satellites to investigate how the solar wind strips away the Martian atmosphere.

A New Glenn rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Jan. 16, 2025. The New Glenn rocket marked the first launch from Space Launch Complex 36 in 20 years. Credit: U.S. Space Force
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Overview

  • Blue Origin plans to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 36 with NASA’s two-satellite ESCAPADE mission.
  • A successful Oct. 30 static fire of seven BE‑4 engines cleared a key prelaunch milestone for the 321‑foot‑tall New Glenn.
  • The flight includes an ocean landing attempt of a new first stage, nicknamed Never Tell Me the Odds, on the drone ship Jacklyn.
  • Blue Origin’s debut New Glenn booster was not recovered in January after a failed engine relight, according to the FAA.
  • If recovery and refurbishment succeed, the company intends to reuse a booster on a third New Glenn flight carrying the Blue Moon Mk.1 cargo lander, as a busy launch week also features Sentinel‑1D, ULA’s ViaSat‑3 F2, and multiple Starlink missions with some Chinese dates listed as tentative.