ScienceNewsSpaceBlue Origin’s next launch now won’t happen until 2027Blue Origin had been aiming for a launch at the end of this year after a launchpad explosion in May, but now it’s reportedly targeting January.Blue Origin had been aiming for a launch at the end of this year after a launchpad explosion in May, but now it’s reportedly targeting January.by Jay PetersNov 5, 2026, 8:47 PM UTCShareGiftBlue Origin CEO reportedly sent a memo to staff about the new timeline. Anadolu via Getty ImagesJay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.Blue Origin plans to do its next New Glenn rocket launch in January 2027, according to CNBC and the Financial Times, which cite a memo from CEO Dave Limp sent to staff. The new timeline follows a May launchpad explosion that damaged Blue Origin’s New Glenn launchpad ahead of a flight that would have brought Amazon Leo satellites into space.In October, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos told Fox News that the company was aiming for a December New Glenn launch, joking that it could be “probably December 31st.” The new, revised launch window is “about 10 days later than Blue Origin’s earlier launch target,” CNBC reports.
Limp also reportedly cited bad weather as having an effect on the launchpad rebuilding process.“This small adjustment doesn’t diminish what we’ve accomplished or the importance of the work still ahead,” Limp wrote in his memo, per CNBC and the FT. “Returning New Glenn to flight remains our top priority — it’s worth it.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jay PetersBlue OriginNewsScienceSpaceMost PopularAnker’s new window-mounted camera monitors the outside of your home from within itSam Altman addresses RAM comments: People should ‘put as much as they want in their computers’The touchscreen MacBook Pro is a winnerDiscord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAMThose Jeff Bezos hair transplant photos are very fakeAdvertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad
