Blue Origin launched six astrotourists to the edge of space and back Sunday, a 10-minute ride marking the Jeff Bezos-owned company's 13th passenger flight out of the discernible atmosphere.

Blue Origin announced the next six passengers who will soon board one of the company's spacecraft for a trip to the edge of ...

A spaceflight delayed a week ago could commence this weekend as Blue Origin will attempt a launch that will take six people ...

The New Shepard capsule gently lands in a cloud of dust 10 minutes after takeoff, none the worse for its sub-orbital trip to space. Blue Origin webcast ...

Justin Sun, the billionaire founder of the blockchain platform Tron, is one of the six people who will fly to suborbital ...

Blue Origin has had only one working New Shepard rocket booster since a 2022 explosion took out one of the two it had been using. A replacement booster along with a new crew-capable capsule is set ...

New Shepard is the centerpiece rocket of Blue Origin’s space tourism business. A booster rocket at the bottom stands six stories tall, with a capsule sitting on top that can seat up to six crew.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and spacecraft lift off from the company's West Texas launch site on May 2, 2019. (Image credit: Blue Origin) The New Shepard capsule (top right) and booster are ...

Jeff Bezos said he thought this week's crew capsule escape test would send Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket slamming into the desert floor. But not only did the escape test itself go smoothly, the ...

The New Shepard capsule reached a maximum altitude of 350,827 feet (106,932 meters), according to Blue Origin. That's about 66 miles (107 kilometers) up, above the traditionally recognized 62-mile ...

Blue Origin donates historic New Shepard booster and space capsule to Smithsonian. by Alan Boyle on October 15, 2024 at 4:04 pm October 16, 2024 at 1:24 am. Share Tweet Share Reddit Email.