Space Nerds (Like Me) Blue Origin Has Now Also Nailed Landing A Booster Rocket After Launch

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket To Launch Carrying NASA ESCAPADE Probes Heading To Mars CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 13: The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off at Launch Complex 36 in its second launch attempt at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on November 13, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. New Glenn's second mission, NG-2, sends the NASA twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to Mars. Also aboard is a Viasat technology demonstrator in support of the NASA Communications Services Project. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images) (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images)

Space X was the first to land a booster rocket on a floating platform in the ocean so it can be reused again. That achievement is a huge step forward in making space travel (slightly) less insanely expensive because now they can use that booster rocket multiple times. Prior to that the hundreds of millions of dollars in booster rockets either sank to the bottom of the ocean, or is still floating through space, waiting to burn up on re-entry into the atmosphere.

But now both Space X and Blue Origin have successfully landed their boosters on floating ocean platforms.

Check out this cool video, especially for space nerds like me.

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