New Glenn launches NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes and lands its booster on Jacklyn

Blue Origin/New Glenn

New Glenn's second flight successfully deployed NASA's ESCAPADE twin spacecraft toward Mars and landed its first-stage booster on the drone ship Jacklyn in the Atlantic. Blue Origin became the second company after SpaceX to recover an orbital-class booster at sea.

• Launch: November 13, 2025, 3:55 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral, delivering ESCAPADE to loiter orbit.
• Booster landing on Jacklyn was fully reusable; marks Blue Origin's second orbital booster recovery.
• ESCAPADE twin spacecraft heading to Mars; arrival expected 2027 after Earth gravity assist.
• $80 million NASA mission is New Glenn's second flight and first interplanetary NASA mission since Perseverance (2020).