Blue Moon Pathfinder

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Robotic Exploration

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 36A Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Unknown NG - Jacklyn

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

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • June 19, 2026, 5:50 a.m.

NET early 2027.


Cosmic_Penguin • May 30, 2026, 12:43 a.m.

Reverted back to NET 2026 due to New Glenn GS1 booster static fire explosion on May 28.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 19, 2026, 11:11 a.m.

NET late summer.


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

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


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

NET January.


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


Unknown NG


Type: Core
Flight Proven: No

Landing Information

New Glenn booster will attempt to land on Jacklyn after its flight.

Landing Attempt Confirmed

Blue Origin

Blue Origin

(BO)

CEO: Jeff Bezos Founded: 2000 Successes: 39 Failures: 2 Pending: 6

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.

INFO WIKI
SpaceNews

Blue Origin continues work on lunar landers during recovery from New Glenn explosion

Blue Origin is continuing to develop its Blue Moon lunar landers, with seven vehicles in production, while recovering from the New Glenn pad explosion more than a month ago. The post Blue Origin continues work on lunar landers during reco…

NASASpaceflight

Blue Origin accelerates LC-36 recovery via hybrid plan

One month after the New Glenn anomaly that severely damaged Launch Complex-36 at Cape Canaveral… The post Blue Origin accelerates LC-36 recovery via hybrid plan appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

SpaceNews

Blue Origin outlines new launch pad approach as it pushes to return New Glenn to flight

A month after a devastating pad explosion, Blue Origin reiterated plans to return its New Glenn vehicle to flight from a rebuilt launch pad by the end of the year. The post Blue Origin outlines new launch pad approach as it pushes to retu…

Spaceflight Now

Blue Origin outlines return to flight logistics for its New Glenn rockets

The explosion of a New Glenn rocket on May 28 is still under investigation. The company said it’s moving to a hybrid horizontal-vertical integration for its rockets moving forward.

NASASpaceflight

After New Glenn anomaly, Blue Origin keeps focus on upcoming Blue Moon and Mars missions

Following the damaging loss of New Glenn during hotfire testing at Launch Complex 36 in… The post After New Glenn anomaly, Blue Origin keeps focus on upcoming Blue Moon and Mars missions appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

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