The vast majority of successful launches and landings of SpaceX rockets have been of the Falcon 9, though that has taken several forms as SpaceX iterated upon the original design.
The launch will mark Blue Origin’s first foray into the business of sending rockets to orbit. If successful, it could position the company to better compete with SpaceX.
Before the ship loss, the company successfully demonstrated how its massive mechanical arms dubbed “chopsticks” caught the rocket booster at the launch pad for the second time ever.