NASA astronaut Don Pettit published an image taken from the ISS. It shows the trace left by the New Glenn rocket.

New Glenn was launched on January 16, 2025. The mission was the debut for the heavy rocket, which had been in development since the beginning of the last decade. Overall, Blue Origin was able to accomplish most of its objectives. The main success was that the second stage of New Glenn with the Blue Ring satellite platform prototype attached to it reached the design orbit.
The second stage of New Glenn came into Don Pettit’s photo. It is visible as a faint streak crossing the brighter star tracks diagonally, from the lower right to the upper left corner. According to the astronaut, it was not easy to take the photo — it required a 4-minute exposure. At the beginning of the survey, the ISS was over Oklahoma, and by the end of the survey it was over the central Gulf of Mexico.
As for New Glenn’s first stage, it attempted to land on a barge, but was lost shortly after beginning a braking maneuver. At this time, Blue Origin has not released any details regarding the cause of the incident.
The loss of the stage will require Blue Origin to conduct an investigation under U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. It is supposed to approve the final report and any corrective actions before permitting the resumption of New Glenn launches. It’s a standard procedure. Last year, SpaceX had to undergo it after one of the first stages of the Falcon 9 rocket failed to land.