An uncrewed New Shepard rocket is now expected to launch the so-called NS-29 mission on Tuesday (Feb. 4) from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas. The mission will launch 30 different ...

Blue Origin will launch its first suborbital rocket launch of 2025 today — and attempt a wild spin trick to mimic the moon's gravity during the flight — but if you want to see it live, you'll need to ...

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It follows in the steps of New Shepard, Blue Origin's first rocket which was named for Alan Shepard, the first American in space. Standing 320 feet (98 meters) tall -- roughly equivalent to a 32 ...

With this step-by-step approach, it took 15 years for Blue Origin to launch its first rocket. New Shepard, which launched in 2015, is named after Alan Shepard, the first American to reach space.

which until now has been stuck with a rocket (called New Shepard) that is not designed to go into orbit, which limits its usefulness. Blue Origin needs New Glenn to succeed in order to build a ...

in-situ resource utilization, dust mitigation, advanced habitation systems, sensors and instrumentation, small spacecraft technologies, and entry, descent and landing." Related: New Shepard: Rocket ...

While New Shepard is best known as a space tourist vehicle, 19 of its 28 flights to date have been uncrewed. The reusable rocket-capsule combo last flew people on Nov. 22, a mission that sent "The ...