Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars

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A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars .

It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos’ company and NASA are counting on to get people and supplies to the moon.

The 321-foot (98-meter) New Glenn blasted into the afternoon sky from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending NASA’s twin Mars orbiters on a drawn-out journey to the red planet. Liftoff was stalled four days by lousy local weather as well as solar storms strong enough to paint th