Blue Origin Transports New Glenn Booster to Launch Site Ahead of Mars-Bound Mission
8 Oct 2025
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SPACEFLIGHT NOW - Blue Origin is one step closer to its second ever launch of its New Glenn rocket. On Wednesday morning, teams rolled the 189-foot-tall (57.5 m) booster from its faculties at Rocket Park near the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to begin its journey out to Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The company announced that the rocket was on the move around 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 UTC) as it was simultaneously launching six space tourists on a suborbital New Shepard launch from West Texas.
Note: Blue Origin is headquartered in Kent.
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