Cape Canaveral, Nov 13, 2025 (AFP) - Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing

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2025-11-14

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard, and in a breakthrough nailed the landing of its booster. The launch was stalled for days over weather both on Earth and in space, but it was worth the wait: in the rocket's second-ever flight, Blue Origin managed to recover the booster for reuse. Ecstatic cheers rang out at the launch site in Florida's Cape Canaveral......

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