Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin sends Nasa's satellites to Mars, lands first booster

Blue Origin successfully launched its huge New Glenn rocket on Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending two Nasa spacecraft on a mission to Mars. In a post on X, Blue Origin wrote, "New Glenn successfully completed its second mission by deploying @NASA ’s ESCAPADE twin spacecraft, powering on and transmitting data for @Viasat’s HaloNet technology demonstration, and landing the fully reusable first stage on Jacklyn." The 321-foot (98-metre) rocket carried the twin orbiters, named Escapade, in a drawn-out journey towards the red planet. Following booster separation, Blue Origin achieved a first by recovering the booster on a barge 375 miles offshore, cheered on by company employees, AP reported. Liftoff was delayed by four days owing to poor weather and intense