Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin had previously suggested that the third launch of the mega-rocket would take the space company's robotic lunar lander to the moon.

However, the update from Blue Origin appears to have buried the real news toward the end: “The mission follows the successful NG-2 mission, which included the landing of the ‘Never Tell Me The Odds’ booster. The same booster is being refurbished to power NG-3,” the company said.

Blue Origin will launch its New Shepard rocket from West Texas, carrying six passengers to the edge of space.

Blue Origin dropped some surprising news on Wednesday afternoon, announcing plans to deploy TeraWave, a new constellation of optically linked satellites