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Prof. Martin Barstow – From White Dwarfs to Worlds.

In Part 1 of our exclusive three-part series, we sit down with Professor Martin Barstow — Professor of Astrophysics & Space Science at the University of Leicester, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Space Park Leicester, and a key contributor to Hubble, JWST, and NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO).

🚀 Blue Origin’s New Glenn NG-2 Just Changed the Game for Reusable Heavy-Lift Launch

Blue Origin didn’t just fly its second New Glenn mission last week — it proved that its heavy-lift rocket is operational, recoverable, and equipped with some of the most sophisticated landing capabilities ever demonstrated by an orbital booster.

The highlight wasn’t just delivering NASA’s ESCAPADE mission. It was the landing.

👇 What made NG-2 special?

🔹 A precise, fuel-rich “hover + translate” maneuver

Unlike Falcon 9’s direct suicide burn, New Glenn hovered for several seconds above the landing ship Jacklyn — then performed a deliberate lateral translation before touching down.

This is extremely hard to do with a 50+ meter booster and shows remarkable control authority from BE-4 engines and GNC software.

🔹 A new recovery philosophy

Blue Origin is trading a bit of propellant for a lot of reliability.

Hovering gives the booster more time to correct, align, and compensate for wind or barge movement — a smart strategy in early reusability campaigns.

🔹 Energetic-weld deck securing

Upon touchdown, the legs fired anchoring studs into the deck — instantly stabilizing the vehicle on a moving ship. Another unique approach.

🔹 A clean orbital mission

Stage separation, upper-stage performance, and payload deployment all executed nominally. ESCAPADE is on its way thanks to a textbook flight profile.

🌍 Why this matters for space access

New Glenn is now the second operational reusable heavy-lift launcher in the world.

With its large fairing, high lift capacity, and reusable first stage, it adds critical redundancy and competition to an industry that relies heavily on just one provider.

More capability. More resilience. More innovation.

Blue Origin has quietly taken a major step toward the future of affordable, repeatable, high-capacity spaceflight.

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