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flag Blue Origin first successfully landed its New Glenn rocket booster at sea, launching NASA’s Mars-bound EscaPADE satellites.

flag Blue Origin successfully recovered the first stage of its New Glenn rocket for the first time, landing the 17-story booster on an autonomous barge in the Atlantic after a launch from Cape Canaveral delayed by weather and geomagnetic conditions. flag The mission also deployed NASA’s twin EscaPADE spacecraft—Blue and Gold—to study Mars’ atmosphere and its interaction with solar wind over a 22-month journey. flag Built by Rocket Lab and equipped with instruments from UC Berkeley, the satellites were funded by NASA at about $18 million. flag While this marks a major step toward Blue Origin’s reusable launch goals, SpaceX still leads in flight frequency, reliability, and government contracts.

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