Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launches on its third-ever mission on April 19, 2026. Things went well at first, but New Glenn failed to deliver the satellite — AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 — to the proper orbit. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket has been temporarily grounded. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring an investigation into New Glenn's third-ever mission, which launched on Sunday morning (April 19) and resulted in the loss of its payload — the BlueBird 7 internet-beaming satellite. Sunday's mission, which Blue Origin called NG-3, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 322-foot-tall (98 meters) New Glenn performed well at first; its reusable first stage even aced its return to Earth, landing as planned in the Atlantic Ocean atop the Blue Origin droneship " Jacklyn ." But the rocket's upper stage ran into problems while hauling BlueBird 7 to low Earth orbit (LEO).…