Blue Origin achieves first landing of reused New Glenn rocket booster

Blue Origin on Sunday said its New Glenn rocket booster touched down after its launch, marking its first landing of a reused booster.

New Glenn carries ‌AST ⁠SpaceMobile’s BlueBird ⁠7 satellite to low-Earth orbit in a flight that marks a pivotal step for the Jeff Bezos-led company.

The mission was key in showing that New Glenn, a 29-story ⁠heavy-lift rocket, ‌has a reliable booster reuse capability and can compete ⁠with Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.