Bezos' New Glenn: Rocket Spat Out Mars, Slurped Booster Back
KEY POINTS
- •On November 13, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launched NASA's Escapade Mars orbiters from Florida.
- •The mission marked a significant achievement as it was Blue Origin's first successful booster recovery.
- •The Escapade mission aims to study Mars' atmosphere and assist in future astronaut mission planning.
On November 13, 2025, just before the 4 p.m. Florida tea time, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin catapulted its gargantuan 321-foot New Glenn rocket off Cape Canaveral, launching NASA's pesky twin Escapade satellites toward Mars. These space paparazzi will spend a year orbiting Earth, then zoom to Mars in 2026 to snoop on solar winds stealing the Martian atmosphere by 2027. The highlight? The first-stage booster, named Jacklyn after Bezos' mom (because what says 'space tech' like mom-naming rights?), pulled off a perfect vertical landing on Blue Origin's offshore barge. Employees screamed 'Next stop, moon!' as if space had a stop sign. Blue Origin’s CEO Dave Limp shouted 'Never tell me the odds!' like a guy who just found his lost sock.
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Blue Origin finally mastered booster catch-and-release, proving rockets can land upright unlike my morning mood. Booster named ‘Jacklyn’ gives new meaning to ‘mom’s pride’—because nothing says space victory like impressing grandma.
Congrats to Blue Origin for landing a booster like it’s a toddler jumped off the couch. Next up, teaching it to make coffee before blasting off.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn made it into space and brought the booster back in one piece, basically doing rocket Uber while SpaceX tries to order a taxi.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/13/2025 | Author: Katherine Li
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