Posted: Sat, Jan 24 11:11 AM ET (1611 GMT)
Blue Origin will reuse a New Glenn booster for the first time on its next launch. The company announced Thursday plans for the NG-3 launch, scheduled for no earlier than late February. It will use the same first stage as the NG-2 launch in November, where the booster landed on a ship for the first time. The NG-3 launch will carry an AST SpaceMobile satellite.

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Posted: Sat, Jan 24 11:06 AM ET (1606 GMT)
The first Blue Origin New Shepard flight of 2026 carried five customers and one employee to the edge of space Thursday. The NS-38 mission lifted off from West Texas at 11:25 am EST (1625 GMT), going to an altitude of 106 kilometers on the 10-minute flight. The vehicle carried five paying customers as well as a company employee, Laura Stiles, the director of New Shepard launch operations. She replaced a sixth customer originally announced for the flight but who fell ill.

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