Blue Origin’s New Glenn Soars

Keith’s note: Blue Origin absolutely nailed their first stage landing while its second stage is doing its thing in orbit with the twin ESCAPADE spacecraft destined for Mars. What a cool birthday present for @NASA SMD AA Nicky Fox. I was on Bloomberg Radio/TV to cover this launch [Audio] [YouTube]

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

4 responses to “Blue Origin’s New Glenn Soars”

1. tutiger87 says:

   November 14, 2025 at 10:35 am

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   The best part was the hover and translation when it was a bit off target.

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   • Keith Cowing says:

     November 15, 2025 at 3:23 pm

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     They did that on purpose to ensure limited propulsion damage on the ship and will move that closer as flight experience allows them. Smart thing to do. Also shows just how number thing system is.

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2. ejd1984 says:

   November 14, 2025 at 7:18 pm

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   I’m sure Elon isn’t all too happy. 🙂

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   • Keith Cowing says:

     November 15, 2025 at 3:24 pm

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     Oh I am rather sure Elon is happy since ‘a rising tide lifts all boats’. More capacity breeds more payloads and vice versa.

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