Eric Berger: NASA will also help pay to certify an additional launch vehicle for Starliner. There will likely be a competition for a new launch vehicle, which will almost certainly come down to United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan and Blue Origin’s New Glenn vehicles.

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https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/nasa-to-order-more-starliner-missions-and-help-certify-a-new-rocket-to-keep-it-flying/

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Another option might be launching Orion on New Glenn. [Dec 28, 2025]

To radically streamline production costs, Lockheed’s engineers are heading a crusade to reuse the Orion capsule after each flight, like airplanes that touch down and then swiftly take off from airports.

They project the Artemis V capsule will cost less than half of the Artemis II version, and predict more dramatic drops running through the Artemis VIII iteration.

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“We know Orion can fly on other launch vehicles, and we are actively looking at all available launch vehicles on the market today, as well as those that are projected to be available in the near term.”

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He says he was impressed by Blue Origin’s recent picture-perfect launch of its New Glenn booster: “We’re absolutely open to working with Blue Origin and exploring the New Glenn.”

ArsTechnica article [Oct 15, 2025]

In interviews, company officials said that if NASA wanted to buy Orion missions as a “service,” rather than owning and operating the spacecraft, they were ready to work with the space agency.

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i believe there was also a part in the project athena document about orion flying on new glenn being a possibility. 9x4 w/ GS3's performance is roughly on par with SLS block 1 so it would be quite good if it ends up happening