Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket will launch a NASA mission to Mars this weekend, and you can watch the action live. The twin ESCAPADE Mars probes are scheduled to lift off atop the partially reusable New Glenn from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday (Nov.

Blue Origin has announced a target date for New Glenn’s second launch: November 9. This time, the mission will deploy real payloads, not just carry a technological demo for the company. Specifically,

Blue Origin is close to launching its New Glenn rocket on only its second flight, marking the company’s first interplanetary voyage and also its debut operational mission for NASA. It’s also aiming for its first successful booster landing,

The New Glenn rocket fairing with the NASA and ESCAPADE logos in the clean room. (Credit: Blue Origin/NASA) Blue Origin is gearing up for the second launch of its New Glenn rocket this weekend, with excitement guaranteed as Jeff Bezos' company plans to land its booster on a ship at sea.

In an exciting milestone for space exploration, Blue Origin’s powerful New Glenn rocket is preparing to launch a NASA mission to Mars on November 9, 2025. The ESCAPADE mission, set to study Mars’ atmosphere,

ESCAPADE is overseen by the University of California Berkeley, who named the spacecraft’s onboard satellites Blue and Gold after the school’s colors. In addition to its primary objectives, the spacecraft will be the first to reach Mars using a new trajectory path.

The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaveral,