US EditionBlue Origin Eyes 2nd New Glenn Launch with Mars-Bound NASA Satellites
NASA and Blue Origin will launch twin satellites named Blue and Gold to study how solar winds affect Mars’ magnetosphere and atmosphere for future human missions.
- On November 7, 2025, NASA and Blue Origin will launch the ESCAPADE mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying twin satellites to study Mars' magnetosphere.
- Managed by the University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, Blue and Gold will measure solar wind and atmospheric escape, with Rocket Lab building the twin satellites.
- The New Glenn booster uses seven BE-4 engines that produce 3.85 million pounds of thrust at liftoff and features a nearly 23-foot diameter fairing with 321 feet in height.
- The delay means the satellites will arrive in 2027 after a 22-month transit for a one-year planetary science mission, with teams 'biting our nails on September 1, 2027' at Mars Orbit Insertion, critical for astronaut safety and space-weather forecasting.
- Blue Origin faces pressure to land and reuse boosters to sustain cadence and earn Space Force certification, holding a $20 million task order while November issues risk a $2 billion NASA lunar program restart.
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Blue Origin eyes 2nd New Glenn launch with Mars-bound NASA satellites
ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Origin’s heavy lift New Glenn became the first commercial rocket to make it to orbit on its first try back in January. Jeff Bezos’ company is looking to repeat the feat while also nailing a return landing of its booster, something that didn’t come to fruition the first go-around. Read more...
Blue Origin Has a Critical Flight in Three Days That Will Determine Launches in 2026
Blue Origin has a critical next flight in November for New Glenn. The second New Glenn launch is scheduled for November 7, 2025, with a launch window between 14:51 and 16:50 EST (19:51–21:50 UTC). A backup launch attempt is set for November 8. The mission will launch the NASA ESCAPADE spacecraft for Mars from Cape ...
NASA's ESCAPADE mission, scheduled for this month, will send to Mars two orbiters with instruments designed by Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University of Florida (USA) that will study the structure of the Martian magnetic field and its interaction with space climate.The entry A NASA mission to Mars will study space climate thanks to the University of Florida was first published in Digital Process.
The NASA ESCAPADE mission, scheduled for this month, will send to Mars two orbiters with instruments designed by Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University of Florida (USA) that will study the structure of the Martian magnetic field and its interaction with space climate. "The students working at the Space Instrumentation and Atmospheric Laboratory have built [...] The entry A Nasa mission to Mars will study space climate thanks to the University of Fl…
Blue Origin made a static launch of its second New Glenn rocket. A first-stage BE-4 engine ignition prior to the launch of the EscaPADE mission to the planet Mars.
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