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.

A NASA Mars mission's long and winding road to the launch pad is nearing its end. The twin ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) Mars probes had been scheduled to launch last October, on the first-ever flight of Blue Origin 's huge, partially reusable New Glenn rocket.

New Glenn is the flagship reusable rocket design for Blue Origin, Amazon-owner Jeff Bezos’ launch-vehicle initiative that looks to rival SpaceX in the burgeoning commercial space industry.

Aaron Glenn has taken on the role of head coach for the New York Jets, a team he once played for as a star cornerback.

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.