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Blue Origin sets Nov. 9 New Glenn launch for NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats

Blue Origin's New Glenn is slated to launch no earlier than Nov. 9 from Cape Canaveral, carrying NASA's ESCAPADE "Blue" and "Gold" twin smallsats — the first dual‑satellite mission to another planet. A successful Oct. 30 static fire of New Glenn's seven BE‑4 engines cleared a key prelaunch check.

2025-11-06T01:57:24.930290-08:00

Spaceflight Now

Blue Origin completes New Glenn static fire at Cape Canaveral ahead of NASA ESCAPADE launch

2025-10-30T19:52:53.730081-07:00

Ars Technica

NASA reopens Artemis III lunar-lander competition, putting SpaceX award back into play

2025-10-20T15:13:10.980624-07:00

NASA

NASA revives VIPER, awards Blue Origin $190M to deliver rover to Moon south pole in 2027

2025-09-19T13:32:50.812454-07:00

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Blue Origin sets Nov. 9 New Glenn launch for NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats Blue Origin's New Glenn is slated to launch no earlier than Nov. 9 from Cape Canaveral, carrying NASA's ESCAPADE "Blue" and "Gold" twin smallsats — the first dual‑satellite mission to another planet. A successful Oct. 30 static fire of New Glenn's seven BE‑4 engines cleared a key prelaunch check.

2025-11-06T01:57:24.930290-08:00

Blue Origin sets Nov. 9 New Glenn launch for NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats

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Blue Origin completes New Glenn static fire at Cape Canaveral ahead of NASA ESCAPADE launch Blue Origin conducted a roughly 40-second hot fire of New Glenn's first stage at Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 36 on Oct. 30. The static fire completes a key prelaunch check as New Glenn sits upright on the pad ahead of its second launch carrying NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes.

2025-10-30T19:52:53.730081-07:00

Blue Origin completes New Glenn static fire at Cape Canaveral ahead of NASA ESCAPADE launch

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NASA reopens Artemis III lunar-lander competition, putting SpaceX award back into play Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said he will reopen the Human Landing System competition for Artemis III, putting SpaceX's Starship award back into play and inviting other contractors — including Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin — to submit competing proposals after finding SpaceX behind schedule.

2025-10-20T15:13:10.980624-07:00

NASA reopens Artemis III lunar-lander competition, putting SpaceX award back into play

Air & Space Forces Mag

Blue Origin and Space Force expand payload‑processing at Cape Canaveral to boost launch cadence Blue Origin and the U.S. Space Force are expanding payload‑processing capacity at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, upgrading facilities and integration workflows to accelerate launch tempo. The work aims to reduce on‑site vehicle and satellite processing bottlenecks and enable higher cadence operations from the Space Coast.

2025-10-15T11:53:48.020027-07:00

Blue Origin and Space Force expand payload‑processing at Cape Canaveral to boost launch cadence

Ars Technica

Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space Hans Koenigsmann, the longtime SpaceX engineer who led investigations into the company’s rocket failures, will fly to space, saying he’s “always been interested to experience Max Q from the inside.” The trip places a veteran flight‑reliability investigator aboard a commercial crewed mission.

2025-10-13T08:40:35.388347-07:00

Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space

timesca.com

Danna Karagussova becomes first Kazakh woman in space on Blue Origin New Shepard NS4 On October 8, 2025, Kazakh citizen Danna Karagussova completed a suborbital flight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS4, becoming the first woman from Kazakhstan and the wider CIS to reach space. The mission was New Shepard's 15th crewed flight and the NS4's 16th successful launch-and-landing.

2025-10-11T00:45:28.863708-07:00

Danna Karagussova becomes first Kazakh woman in space on Blue Origin New Shepard NS4

Spaceflight Now

Blue Origin rolls second New Glenn to Cape Canaveral ahead of late‑fall launch carrying NASA’s ESCAPADE probes Blue Origin rolled the booster for its second New Glenn to Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral on Oct. 8, beginning final pad processing. The flight, now targeted for late October or November, will carry NASA’s twin ESCAPADE smallsats — New Glenn’s first interplanetary payload.

2025-10-08T09:07:52.608847-07:00

Blue Origin rolls second New Glenn to Cape Canaveral ahead of late‑fall launch carrying NASA’s ESCAPADE probes

Space.com

Blue Origin completes 15th crewed space tourism flight, sending civilians beyond Earth’s atmosphere Blue Origin flew its 15th crewed space tourism mission, sending civilian passengers beyond Earth’s atmosphere on a short suborbital hop and offering live footage of the liftoff. The flight extends the company’s commercial human launch operations amid plans to increase its launch cadence.

2025-10-08T07:44:40.485457-07:00

Blue Origin completes 15th crewed space tourism flight, sending civilians beyond Earth’s atmosphere

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