Blue Origin has officially announced that its next-generation New Glenn rocket will launch NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission in a flight targeted for no earlier than mid-August 2025.

Blue Origin has been mum about the payload that will fly on this rocket, but multiple people have told Ars that the current plan is to launch NASA's ESCAPADE mission on the second launch of New Glenn. This mission encompasses a pair of small spacecraft that will be sent to Mars to study the red planet's magnetosphere.

As the New York Jets begin their 2025 training camp, head coach Aaron Glenn is taking a defined approach to how he handles the day.

The excitement Glenn has brought to the Jets franchise is palpable. After the failed Aaron Rodgers experiment and the messy divorce from Robert Saleh five games into last season, the Jets badly needed a facelift and that goes beyond fixing up the locker room.

Blue Origin's first launch of its New Glenn rocket was supposed to send up a pair of Mars-bound satellites for NASA, but uncertain readiness plans last year forced NASA to yank back its payload. Now things are lining up for the mission to finally take flight.