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NG-2 full success: Blue Origin joins the booster-recovery club with just two flights.

Original: Blue Origin launches ESCAPADE on New Glenn, successfully lands first stage booster

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NSF technical coverage of NG-2: New Glenn's 7 BE-4 engines ignited nominally, payload deployed to designated MEO loiter orbit, and GS-1 booster executed a successful barge landing — only the second such feat in history after SpaceX's Falcon family. ESCAPADE spacecraft built on Rocket Lab Photon heritage; will begin Mars transit in fall 2026 when planets align.

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