Tag: New Shepard
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Blue Origin raises its first flight worthy New Glenn into launch position ahead of final testing
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands at the pad at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) ahead of the planned hot fire test schedule before its first launch. Image: Spaceflight Now Blue Origin took another step towards the inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. For the first time, the…
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Blue Origin launches New Shepard rocket on return to flight mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off from the launch site in Van Horn, Texas, on the NS-24 mission. This was the first launch of a New Shepard rocket since the vehicle was grounded in the after math of the NS-23 anomaly. Image: Blue Origin Updated 3:11 p.m. EST: Added comments and additional mission…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket set for return to flight mission
Update (9:25 a.m. EST / 1425 UTC, Dec. 19): Blue Origin is targeting its next available launch attempt, which is Dec. 19 at 10:37 AM CST / 16:37 UTC. After more than a year of being sidelined, Blue Origin is preparing for a resurgence of its New Shepard rocket suborbital flights. In a social media…
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Blue Origin blames September New Shepard abort on engine nozzle failure
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The BE-3 main engine on Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster fails about a minute after liftoff Sept. 12 on an uncrewed suborbital flight. Credit: Blue Origin Structural failure of the nozzle at the base of a rocket engine powering an unpiloted New Shepard spacecraft toward the edge of…
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Bezos’s Blue Origin auctions seat on first New Shepard spaceflight with passengers
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of a New Shepard launch in 2019. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin plans to begin piloted flights of its suborbital New Shepard spacecraft on July 20, the company announced Wednesday, launching the highest bidder in an online auction out of the atmosphere and into space for…
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Blue Origin practices crew operations on suborbital test flight
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated April 15 with Bezos tweet. Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster lifts off at 12:51 p.m. EDT (11:51 a.m. CDT; 1651 GMT) Wednesday. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, took another step toward launching people to the edge of space Wednesday with a suborbital test flight of…
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Blue Origin to rehearse for human passengers on suborbital flight
A view of Blue Origin’s launch site in West Texas. Credit: Blue Origin Finally on the cusp of launching people to the edge of space, Blue Origin plans to use a suborbital test flight of its New Shepard booster and crew capsule Wednesday to rehearse boarding and recovery procedures for future missions with paying passengers.…
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Blue Origin tests passenger accommodations on suborbital launch
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after launch. Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifts off from West Texas on Thursday. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin says it is “very, very close” to flying humans on suborbital launches to the edge of space after a successful test flight of a human-capable rocket and capsule Thursday. The company’s New Shepard rocket…