List of New Glenn launches

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New Glenn is a heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by Blue Origin, named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. It flew to space on its maiden flight on 16 January 2025.

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Rocket configurations

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Launch sites


Launch outcomes

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  •   Loss before launch
  •   Loss during flight
  •   Partial failure
  •   Success
  •   Planned

Booster landings

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  •   Drone-ship failure
  •   Drone-ship success
  •   No attempt

    Past launches

    2025

    Future launches

    Launches are expected to take place "no earlier than" (NET) the listed date.

    References

    1. Blue Origin [@blueorigin] (14 January 2025). "We're moving our NG-1 launch to no earlier than Thursday, January 16. The three-hour launch window opens at 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC)" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 January 2025 via Twitter.
    2. "GS1-SN001 Manifest". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
    3. "Blue Ring Pathfinder Payload Ready for Launch; Blue Origin's New Glenn on Track for This Year". Blue Origin. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
    4. 1 2 Foust, Jeff (6 September 2024). "NASA removes ESCAPADE from inaugural New Glenn launch". SpaceNews . Retrieved 7 September 2024.
    5. Stranger, Harry (15 January 2025). "Blue Origin launches New Glenn on flight NG-1 and makes orbit". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
    6. 1 2 3 4 Berger, Eric (30 June 2025). "The second launch of New Glenn will aim for Mars". Ars Technica . Retrieved 30 June 2025.
    7. Foust, Jeff [@jeff_foust] (24 September 2025). "NASA's TIm Dunn says on the IMAP launch webcast that the ESCAPADE launch is scheduled for the end of October or early November on the 2nd Blue Origin New Glenn" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 September 2025 via Twitter.
    8. Mike Wall (10 June 2025). "2nd launch of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket delayed to Aug. 15 at the earliest". SPACE.com.
    9. Foust, Jeff (25 April 2024). "NASA planning September launch of Mars smallsat mission on first New Glenn". SpaceNews . Retrieved 26 April 2024.
    10. "Elytra Mission 1 & Others" . Retrieved 11 June 2025.
    11. "Firefly Aerospace, Inc. Elytra-1 Application". Firefly Aerospace. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
    12. Werner, Debra (8 August 2023). "NRO to conduct responsive space mission with Firefly and Xtenti". SpaceNews . Retrieved 17 September 2023.
    13. "Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) JEFO for Task Order CT-3". sam.gov. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
    14. Luinstra, Martijn (26 January 2025). "NASA's CLPS program accelerates as two landers head for the Moon". NASASpaceflight . Retrieved 12 March 2025.
    15. "Pathfinder Mission 1". Next Spaceflight. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
    16. "New Glenn". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
    17. "NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon's South Pole - NASA" . Retrieved 22 September 2025.
    18. "To the Moon with @NASA! Our second Blue Moon MK1 lander is already in production and well-suited to support the VIPER rover. Building on the learnings from our first MK1 lander, this mission is important for future lunar permanence and will teach us about the origin and distribution of water on the Moon". Twitter. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
    19. Greshko, Michael. "NASA May Spend $800 Million to Not Send This Revolutionary Rover to the Moon". Scientific American. Retrieved 7 September 2024.