Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Just Screwed Up Very, Very Badly

Blue Origin achieved a milestone by landing and reusing a New Glenn booster for the first time.

Despite the booster success, New Glenn failed to place an AST SpaceMobile communications satellite into the correct orbit.

The satellite ended up too low to operate and is being deorbited, marking a setback for the rocket program.

The mixed result underscores progress on recovery tech while raising questions about New Glenn’s reliability for future missions, including lunar goals.