{"id":38527,"date":"2025-11-14T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/watch-blue-origins-new-glenn-booster-land-back-on-earth-after-matching-spacex-with-latest-launch\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T00:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:01:50","slug":"watch-blue-origins-new-glenn-booster-land-back-on-earth-after-matching-spacex-with-latest-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/watch-blue-origins-new-glenn-booster-land-back-on-earth-after-matching-spacex-with-latest-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Blue Origin&#8217;s New Glenn booster land back on Earth after matching SpaceX with latest launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69165664e1a9cbb014de3008?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Blue Origin take off\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Steve Nesius\/Reuters<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Blue Origin&#039;s New Glenn rocket launched NASA&#039;s Escapade Mars orbiters from Florida.<\/li>\n<li>The mission marks Blue Origin&#039;s first successful booster recovery.<\/li>\n<li>Escapade will study Mars&#039; atmosphere and aid NASA&#039;s future astronaut mission planning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jeff Bezos&#039; space company just hit a major milestone.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, justbefore 4 p.m. ET, Blue Origin&#039;s massive New Glenn rocket dazzled the Florida sky and sent a pair of NASA spacecraft bound for Mars.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/691661e5e1a9cbb014de3162?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Blue Origin New Glenn on the launch pad in florida\"\/><figcaption>The New Glenn took off at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station just before 4 p.m. ET on November 13.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 321-foot rocket roared off the pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after several days of weather delays. On board the New Glenn is NASA&#039;s Escapade mission, twin orbiters designed to study Mars&#039; upper atmosphere and magnetic fields.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>pic.twitter.com\/mRFHLuLi7Q<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 13, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The most groundbreaking moment came minutes after the launch.<\/p>\n<p>As the upper stage continued toward space, the first-stage booster separated and returned safely to Earth, touching down upright on Blue Origin&#039;s offshore barge, named Jacklyn after Bezos&#039; mother. The successful recovery drew cheers from mission control and marked a crucial milestone in Blue Origin&#039;s push to make its rockets reusable.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>pic.twitter.com\/uD4FJ3xC8M<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 13, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Next stop, moon!&quot; employees can be seen chanting in the livestream video as the booster landed against the Atlantic horizon.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>pic.twitter.com\/Q1LZUDNbnl<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 13, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The successful recovery is a first for New Glenn and comes nearly a year after the booster missed its recovery attempt in January. The breakthrough brings Blue Origin closer to rivaling SpaceX&#039;s reusable rockets.<\/p>\n<p>After the launch, Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp congratulated the team and shared close-up still photos from the launch and the recovery.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Some fun stills!  Congrats Team Blue and NASA on an amazing day.  Never tell me the odds! pic.twitter.com\/jUr31RoOgH<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Limp (@davill) November 13, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Escapade satellites will spend the next year orbiting near Earth before slinging toward Mars in 2026. They&#039;re expected to arrive in 2027, where they&#039;ll begin mapping how solar winds strip away the Martian atmosphere, which would offer insights that could help NASA plan for future astronaut missions.<\/p>\n<p>To see the full New Glenn launch, visit the Blue Origin livestream here:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The readiness poll is complete. New Glenn is GO for launch and proceeding to terminal count. Tune in live to the webcast. https:\/\/t.co\/PZaV8KOyK8<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blue Origin (@blueorigin) November 13, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>   Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Nesius\/Reuters Blue Origin&#039;s New Glenn rocket launched NASA&#039;s Escapade Mars orbiters from Florida. The mission marks Blue Origin&#039;s first successful booster recovery. Escapade will study Mars&#039; atmosphere and aid NASA&#039;s future astronaut mission planning. Jeff Bezos&#039; space company just hit a major milestone. On Thursday afternoon, justbefore 4 p.m. ET, Blue Origin&#039;s massive New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-38527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}