Reports from space news websites across the nation show what “a big deal” and “historic” achievement Kent-based Blue Origin accomplished with its New Glenn rocket launch on Nov. 13 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The New Glenn orbital launch vehicle successfully completed its second mission, successfully deploying NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) twin-spacecraft into the designated loiter orbit, and landing the fully reusable first stage on recovery ship Jacklyn in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a Blue Origin media release.

“We achieved full mission success today (Nov. 13), and I am so proud of the team,” said Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp. “It turns out Never Tell Me The Odds had perfect odds—never before in history has a booster

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