Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Blue Origin’s second New Glenn launch date finally arrived, but they ended up scrubbing the mission at the last minute — and now they’ve revealed the reason, which honestly feels like a pretty ridiculous excuse for a rocket that’s already years behind schedule. We’re going to break down exactly what happened and why it matters. Before we get into it, make sure to subscribe to the channel for more videos like this.
Blue Origin has been taunting us with the second New Glenn launch for months, and the day finally came, but once again the rocket never left the pad. This wasn’t just another random scrub. This was supposed to be the mission where Blue Origin finally proved that New Glenn is a real competitor.
To understand why yesterday’s scrub is such a blow, you have to look at the history behind New Glenn. Blue Origin originally announced this rocket in 2016 and said it would launch in 2020. That never happened. The BE-4 engines fell years behind schedule, causing delay after delay not only for New Glenn but for ULA’s Vulcan rocket as well, since they use the same engine. By the time New Glenn finally rolled out for its first flight in early 2025, it was already half a decade late.
That first launch of course made it to orbit, but it wasn’t a clean success. The booster failed to land on the company’s recovery ship, and Blue Origin gave only limited details about why. For a rocket designed to be reusable from day one, missing the very first landing attempt wasn’t a good look. Critics argued that after so many years of development and so many billions spent, the company should have been able to demonstrate basic recovery capability.
Blue Origin’s second New Glenn launch date finally arrived, but they ended up scrubbing the mission at the last minute — and now they’ve revealed the reason, which honestly feels like a pretty ridiculous excuse for a rocket that’s already years behind schedule. We’re going to break down exactly what happened and why it matters. Before we get into it, make sure to subscribe to the channel for more videos like this.
Blue Origin has been taunting us with the second New Glenn launch for months, and the day finally came, but once again the rocket never left the pad. This wasn’t just another random scrub. This was supposed to be the mission where Blue Origin finally proved that New Glenn is a real competitor.
To understand why yesterday’s scrub is such a blow, you have to look at the history behind New Glenn. Blue Origin originally announced this rocket in 2016 and said it would launch in 2020. That never happened. The BE-4 engines fell years behind schedule, causing delay after delay not only for New Glenn but for ULA’s Vulcan rocket as well, since they use the same engine. By the time New Glenn finally rolled out for its first flight in early 2025, it was already half a decade late.
That first launch of course made it to orbit, but it wasn’t a clean success. The booster failed to land on the company’s recovery ship, and Blue Origin gave only limited details about why. For a rocket designed to be reusable from day one, missing the very first landing attempt wasn’t a good look. Critics argued that after so many years of development and so many billions spent, the company should have been able to demonstrate basic recovery capability.
