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Blue Origin lands huge New Glenn rocket booster for 1st time after acing Mars ESCAPADE launch for NASA
Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket launched for the second time ever today (Nov. 13), sending NASA's twin Mars ESCAPADE probes aloft —and acing an epic booster landing at sea.
The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together.
Explore how ESCAPADE aims to uncover Mars' secrets and ensure safe astronaut missions with new insights into the planet's transformation and solar interactions.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launches twin probes on trip to Mars — and scores a booster touchdown
Blue Origin used its New Glenn rocket to launch twin probes that will study Mars' atmosphere and ionosphere — and then recovered the booster.