Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is getting even more powerful.

Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company announced today (Nov. 20) that it's upgrading New Glenn, a partially reusable heavy lifter that aced its second-ever mission just last week. On that flight, New Glenn sent NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars probes on their desired trajectory, and the rocket's first stage landed successfully on a ship at sea.

"The enhancements span propulsion, structures, avionics, reusability and recovery operations, and will be phased into upcoming New Glenn missions beginning with NG-3," Blue Origin wrote in an update today. (NG-3 is the rocket's third mission, which is expected to launch early next year.)

New Glenn's reusable first stage is powered by seven of Blue Origin's BE-4 engines, and its second stage features

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