January 16, 2024, at 2:03 a.m. EST

Blue Origin's New Glenn launches on its maiden flight from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 36. 
 
New Glenn carried the company's Blue Ring Pathfinder, a technology demonstration of Blue Origin’s future Blue Ring orbital platform. The vehicle’s second stage successfully reached orbit—the first orbital launch for Blue Origin—but was unsuccessful in its attempt to land the first stage booster on its sea-based landing platform, ‘Jacklyn.’