Blue Origin's New Glenn Completes First Mission

Summary: On November 13, 2025 (Eastern Time), Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully completed its maiden flight from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, launching NASA's EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) Mars atmospheric probe to its target orbit. Standing approximately 98 meters tall, New Glenn is Blue Origin's reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle with a sun-synchronous orbit payload capacity of about 13 tons. The success of this mission marked Blue Origin's formal entry into the heavy-lift launch market and validated New Glenn's flight reliability.

Sources (original pages)

• NASA Official Blog
• Blue Origin Official Updates

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