(CNN) — Twin spacecraft are set to take off on an unprecedented, winding journey to Mars, where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago.

Update for 12:30 a.m. ET on Nov. 13: Blue Origin is now targeting Thursday (Nov. 13) for the ESCAPADE launch. Liftoff will occur during a window that's open from 2:57 p.m. EST to 4:25 p.m. EST (1957 ...

New Glenn, the towering orbital rocket that Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin designed to compete with SpaceX’s dominant Falcon rockets, is back for its second launch ever — this time with a job to send twin ...

Update for 10 a.m. ET on Nov. 12: Blue Origin is standing down from today's New Glenn rocket launch attempt due to ongoing geomagnetic storms caused by multiple coronal mass ejections from a highly ...

The Nov. 13 launch of two Mars probes atop Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket was a big deal for a variety of reasons. Here's a brief rundown.

NASA's first Mars launch in more than five years will wait a little longer to get off the ground. Update for 12:30 a.m. ET on Nov. 13: Blue Origin is now targeting Thursday (Nov. 13) for the ESCAPADE ...

Twin spacecraft are set to take off on an unprecedented, winding journey to Mars, where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago. Called ...

Blue Origin is working toward a Sunday, Nov. 9, launch of its New Glenn rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida. Blue Origin will provide a live webcast of the rocket launch on its ...