For the first time ever, Blue Origin successfully launched and landed a reused orbital rocket. The New Glenn booster, nicknamed “Never Tell Me the Odds,” previously flew on the NG-2 mission in November 2025 and touched down on the ocean drone ship “Jacklyn.”
Watch CNET’s Supercut of the First New Glenn Rocket Booster Landing
Blue Origin Lands Its New Glenn Rocket Booster for the First Time
0:00 Liftoff
1:45 Max Q (Maximum Dynamic Pressure)
3:10 MECO (Main Engine Cutoff)
3:20 Stage Separation
3:30 Stage 2 Ignition
4:00 Fairing Jettison
5:34 Booster Reentry Burn
7:14 Booster Landing Burn
7:46 Booster Touchdown
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@christopheranokam
April 20, 2026 at 4:02 pm
Let’s go blue origin 🚀
@canilhaner8864
April 20, 2026 at 4:06 pm
FIRST 👽👌🏻👨🏿🚀
@lukeskywalker7457
April 20, 2026 at 4:08 pm
Good job focusing on the positive😂
@lukeskywalker7457
April 20, 2026 at 4:19 pm
FYI upper stage fail to insert the satellite into a normal orbit. Insurance will flip the bill.
@Jamesonfp
April 20, 2026 at 4:49 pm
let’s go private sector!
@madrat5176
April 20, 2026 at 4:54 pm
The mission literally failed
@GregAcer
April 20, 2026 at 5:13 pm
But at a cheaper cost than it could have been and since this is still relatively new to Blue Origin (and humankind) it was still PROGRESS!!!!
@CNET
April 20, 2026 at 7:22 pm
They were able to launch and land a reusable rocket.
@madrat5176
April 20, 2026 at 9:14 pm
@C@CNET you can’t deliver a multi million dollar satellite, it’s just a useless firework. In the early 80s, the space shuttle was reusing the side booster rockets. They simply landed by parachute instead. Both require comparable retrofitting to operate again
@TJ-USMC
April 20, 2026 at 5:02 pm
“Semper-Fi !!!” Excellent 👍
@TechOs19
April 20, 2026 at 5:45 pm
I’m tired of these lies . Why can’t people in power just admit that we can’t leave earth. We are trapped. God made a barrier so humans don’t mess up with creation.
@divyanshu3144
April 20, 2026 at 8:32 pm
Bro you should leave in jungle and stop wearing clothes.
@skchafe9310
April 20, 2026 at 8:50 pm
Lmao!
@shadowninja1275
April 20, 2026 at 9:18 pm
Cry
@iblackfeathers
April 20, 2026 at 6:21 pm
do it again
@abinjoseph9808
April 20, 2026 at 6:30 pm
space x suck, jeffy lex luthor good
@nickeckemoff7631
April 20, 2026 at 8:46 pm
this one looks like less like weiner than New Shepard*. maybe a long one
@D0Mlas360
April 20, 2026 at 8:49 pm
Yeah, delivering the payload on the Stage 2 rocket failed to deliver in the trajectory, so it was a failed mission
@UFOfunky
April 20, 2026 at 9:09 pm
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇱🇷🙏