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Dave Limp

Dave Limp

Chief Executive Officer, Blue Origin

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With our first refurbished booster we elected to replace all seven engines and test out a few upgrades including a thermal protection system on one of the engine nozzles. We plan to use the engines we flew for NG-2 on future flights.

We have plenty of hardware to do that — referring to his goal of eight to 12 New Glenn flights in 2026, in a Bloomberg Television interview

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Blue Origin proves New Glenn booster reuse, enters the reusable heavy-lift race

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Leading New Glenn's commercial ramp-up

Blue Origin flew a previously used New Glenn rocket booster for the first time on April 19, 2026, becoming only the second company ever to reuse an orbital-class rocket stage. The booster, named 'Never Tell Me the Odds,' first flew in November 2025 and landed successfully again on the drone ship Jacklyn roughly ten minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. The milestone came on just the third flight of New Glenn, the heavy-lift rocket that Blue Origin spent over a decade developing.

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