<div class="grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:max-w-[750px] md:grid-cols-article md:max-w-screen-sm" data-article-body="true"><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.</i></p><figure class="relative col-body mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt=" A white rocket booster stands upright on a barge. " loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="fig-image-round" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/tAMmtMGp3kmqrU1slkuaoA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/98dc8750f0d402b16c4ccc340da54ef2"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-[0.875rem]/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5"><div>Credit: Blue Origin</div></figcaption></figure><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket had a very big day on Thursday (Nov. 13), and a new video lets us all relive part of it.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color"><a href="https://www.space.com/40455-new-glenn-rocket.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:New Glenn;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>New Glenn</u></a> launched for the second time ever on Thursday afternoon, <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/blue-origin-lands-huge-glenn-213754205.html" data-ylk="slk:successfully sending;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>successfully sending</u></a> NASA's twin ESCAPADE <a href="https://www.space.com/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Mars;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Mars</u></a> probes into the final frontier from Florida's Space Coast.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">But that wasn't all. The two-stage rocket's huge first stage came back to <a href="https://www.space.com/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Earth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Earth</u></a> as planned, acing a landing on "Jacklyn," Blue Origin's drone ship, which was stationed about 375 miles (604 kilometers) offshore.</p><figure class="relative col-body mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="a white rocket booster stands upright on a barge" loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="fig-image-round" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ppISNtZuZwsm.G3y_fUSbQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/fd8e437649735b9f4eef1b3f82d9e713"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-[0.875rem]/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5"><div>The first stage of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket after its successful landing on the drone ship "Jacklyn" during the launch of NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission on Nov. 13, 2025. | Credit: Blue Origin</div></figcaption></figure><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">Previously, only one company had ever pulled off this dramatic maneuver — <a href="https://www.space.com/18853-spacex.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:SpaceX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>SpaceX</u></a>, which has pioneered the recovery and reuse of orbital rockets.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color"><a href="https://www.space.com/19584-blue-origin-quiet-plans-for-spaceships.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Blue Origin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Blue Origin</u></a> founder <a href="https://www.space.com/19341-jeff-bezos.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Jeff Bezos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Jeff Bezos</u></a> celebrated the New Glenn landing on X, posting several videos of the 188-foot-tall (57 meters) booster steering its way through the sky toward Jacklyn.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">One video showed the landing itself, during which the booster sidled over to Jacklyn rather than drop directly onto it from above.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">"We nominally target a few hundred feet away from Jacklyn to avoid a severe impact if engines fail to start or start slowly," Bezos wrote in the Friday morning (Nov. 14) <a href="https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1989358416532488406" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:X post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>X post</u></a> that featured this video. "We’ll incrementally reduce that conservatism over time. We are all excited and grateful for yesterday. Amazing performance by the team! Gradatim Ferociter."</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">(Gradatim Ferociter, Latin for "Step by Step, Ferociously," is Blue Origin's motto.)</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">Blue Origin named the first stage that flew on Thursday "Never Tell Me the Odds," a nod to the perceived improbability of a successful touchdown.</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">"It turns out 'Never Tell Me The Odds' had perfect odds — never before in history has a booster this large nailed the landing on the second try," Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said in a <a href="https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-launches-nasa-escapade-lands-fully-reusable-booster" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:company statement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>company statement</u></a>. "This is just the beginning as we rapidly scale our flight cadence and continue delivering for our customers."</p><p class="col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color">Each New Glenn first stage is designed to fly at least 25 times, according to Blue Origin. "Never Tell Me the Odds" looks intact — startlingly clean, in fact — in <a href="https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1989381345903247410" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:post-landing photos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>post-landing photos</u></a>, so don't be surprised to see the booster on the pad again before too much longer.</p></div>

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