A month prior in October, Blue Origin completed a launch and landing of an uncrewed demonstration for a new version of the New Shepard – the second New Shepard vehicle designed for passengers.

New Shepard lifted off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 11 a.m. Eastern. The vehicle flew to a peak altitude of 105 kilometers above sea level, with the capsule landing 10 ...

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put its New Shepard suborbital rocket ... while the capsule descended to a parachute-aided landing in the Texas scrublands.

Blue Origin's famed New Shepard spacecraft successfully simulated ... the booster down to just 6 miles per hour for a controlled landing back on the launch pad. The capsule and rocket booster ...

If Blue Origin follows a typical New Shepard trajectory for its NS-29 flight, the mission should last about 10 or 11 minutes from liftoff to landing. The mission will begin at launch time ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Blue Origin just launched a first-of-its kind mission to suborbital space. The company, which was ...

New Shepard debuted with an uncrewed flight in April 2015. The vehicle's first crewed launch occurred on July 20, 2021, the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Jeff Bezos was on that ...