News Archive / Tagged: New Shepard

• Uncrewed New Shepard mission experiences in-flight abort

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 12th, 2022

  In a reminder that rocket launches are not routine events, Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket system suffered an anomaly during its 23rd flight.

• Blue Origin New Shepard flies six people to space on NS-22 mission

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 4th, 2022

  Blue Origin’s NS-22 crewed suborbital New Shepard mission successfully took to the skies from the company’s West Texas launch site.

• New Shepard rocket roars off the pad on 20th mission

  Theresa CrossMarch 31st, 2022

  Blue Origin launched another six passengers aboard its New Shepard spacecraft -- the 20th flight of the rocket system and the fourth with people.

• Crypto pioneer Justin Sun to fly to space on New Shepard

  Theresa CrossDecember 23rd, 2021

  It has been revealed that Justin Sun won the winning bid for what was originally to be the first seat aboard Blue Origin’s inaugural New Shepard rocket with a human crew.

• Blue Origin launches six people on suborbital trip to space

  Theresa CrossDecember 12th, 2021

  Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket, taking "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan on the company's third crewed suborbital spaceflight.

• William Shatner, 90, makes brief trek to space

  Derek RichardsonOctober 13th, 2021

  Boldly going where fewer than 600 people have gone before, William Shatner of Star Trek fame, as well as three others, flew into space on Blue Origin’s second suborbital human spaceflight.

• William Shatner set for a brief trip to the final frontier

  Theresa CrossOctober 6th, 2021

  Blue Origin is set to perform its second human spaceflight later this month, and it's expected to send TV icon William Shatner into space.

• New Shepard rocket launches to test new space technologies

  Theresa CrossAugust 26th, 2021

  Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket flew its 17th mission, which was dedicated to testing payloads related to the future of space travel and lunar surface missions.

• Jeff Bezos touches space on 1st crewed flight of New Shepard

  Theresa CrossJuly 20th, 2021

  Blue Origin launched its first crewed New Shepard mission on a suborbital trajectory into space with billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and three others.

• Jeff Bezos to fly to space on 1st crewed New Shepard flight

  Theresa CrossJune 7th, 2021

  Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is going to space, along with his brother Mark Bezos, on the first crewed flight of the company's New Shepard suborbital rocket.

• Blue Origin successfully launches New Shepard mission NS-15

  Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th, 2021

  Blue Origin launched and landed both components of its reusable suborbital rocket and capsule system "New Shepard" today, April 14, 2021.

• Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 4, 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 4th, 2019

  In this week’s Space Bulletin, a bunch of rockets launched, including a Long March 4B from China and a Falcon 9 with a Dragon bound for the space station.

• Blue Origin launches suborbital New Shepard for 2nd time in 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 2nd, 2019

  For the second time in 2019, Blue Origin flew its suborbital New Shepard rocket with dozens of experiments, many for NASA's Flight Opportunities program.

• Blue Origin’s latest flight follows others in carrying NASA payloads

  Cullen DesforgesJanuary 23rd, 2019

  The tenth New Shepard Mission, NS-10, from privately-funded Blue Origin soared off the pad at 9:08 a.m. CST (10:08 a.m. EST / 15:08 GMT) on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the company's launch facilities located in Culberson County, Texas. The mission included several experiments flown on behalf of NASA and was, by current reports, a success.

• UPDATE: Blue Origin targeting Wednesday for NS-10 flight

  Jason RhianJanuary 20th, 2019

  After a 2018 postponement, Blue Origin is targeting a new date to send the company's third New Shepard rocket on its fourth flight.