# Blue Origin unveils more thrust, less haste as New Glenn slips to 2027

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/blue-origin-unveils-more-thrust-less-haste-as-new-glenn-slips-to-2027/
- Published: 2026-11-06T14:01:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T14:20:37+00:00
- Original publisher: The Register
- Original article: https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/11/06/blue-origin-unveils-more-thrust-less-haste-as-new-glenn-slips-to-2027/5308138
- Topics: Culture, Travel

## Key points

- New Glenn’s return to flight is now expected in January 2027.
- A May explosion damaged the rocket and launchpad.
- Blue Origin announced a new third stage and higher-thrust engine.

## Summary

Blue Origin has pushed New Glenn’s return to flight back to January 2027, according to a leaked memo from chief executive Dave Limp. The delay follows a May ground-test explosion that destroyed the rocket and badly damaged its launchpad, and leaves less time before NASA’s planned Artemis III demonstration mission next year.

The company announced GS3, a new third stage intended for missions including geostationary orbit and journeys beyond Earth; it is already contracted for a government cislunar mission in 2028. Blue Origin also unveiled Northstar, a booster engine it says has half as many parts and 30 per cent less mass than its BE-4, while raising thrust from 640,000 to 715,000 pounds-force. Limp said the cause of the anomaly had been found and fixed, but gave no further details; he had earlier linked it to a main oxygen valve on a BE-4 engine.

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