Blue Origin's New Glenn first launch is scheduled for No Earlier Than October 13. It will carry NASA's EscaPADE probe with a destination to Mars

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#NewGlenn’s inaugural mission aims to send @NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars, with a launch date no earlier than October 13.

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) August 23, 2024

New Glenn is 98m tall and has 7m of diameter. It can carry up to 45 metric tons to LEO on reusable configuration.

Blue Origin will attempt retro-propulsive landing on the first flight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EscaPADE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Glenn

Reminder that Blue Origin is building and testing their own Lunar Lander, the Blue Moon, and with New Glenn entering service it's becoming likelier they could beat SpaceX by being in service earlier than the Starship HLS (mostly due to Starship's complexity).