Blue Origin plans second launch of New Glenn mega-rocket on November 9

In Brief Posted: 3:41 PM PST · November 5, 2025 Image Credits:Blue Origin Sean O’Kane Blue Origin plans second launch of New Glenn mega-rocket on November 9 Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is finally ready to try a second launch of its super heavy-lift rocket New Glenn. The company announced on Wednesday that it will attempt the launch as early as Sunday, November 9, from Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. New Glenn’s first flight took place back in January, and it was mostly successful. The rocket’s second stage made it into orbit, but the first stage exploded on its return to Earth before Blue Origin could attempt to land it on a drone ship in the ocean. Earlier this year, the company said it would try to launch New Glenn for a second…

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