Blue Moon Pathfinder

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Robotic Exploration

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 36A Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
GS1-SN002 - Jacklyn

First flight of Blue Origin's Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander, MK1-SN001 "Endurance".

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • March 10, 2025, 11:40 p.m.

NET August.



Cosmic_Penguin • June 3, 2025, 11:48 p.m.

NET late 2025.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 9, 2025, 4:03 p.m.

NET January.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 7, 2026, 3:25 p.m.

Moved back to NET 2026 based on lander integration and testing progress.


New Glenn

Family:
Configuration:

The New Glenn is a privately funded orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. New Glenn is described as a 7-meter-diameter (23 ft), two- or three-stage rocket.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    98.0 m
  • Diameter
    7.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    7.0 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    17126.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    New Glenn
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    New Glenn
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    45000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    13000.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


GS1-SN002

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: November 13, 2025
Last Flight: November 13, 2025
Flights: 1
Landings Attempted: 1
Landings Successful: 1
Previous GS1-SN002 Flights

Landing Information

New Glenn booster GS1-SN002 will attempt to land on Jacklyn after its second flight.

Landing Attempt Confirmed

Blue Origin

Blue Origin

(BO)

CEO: Jeff Bezos Founded: 2000 Successes: 39 Failures: 1 Pending: 5

Agency Type:

Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.

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