New Shepard | Blue Origin
Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, New Shepard is Blue Origin’s fully reusable, suborbital rocket system built for human flight from the beginning. During the 11-minute journey, astronauts soar past the Kármán line (100 km/62 miles), the internationally recognized boundary of space, experiencing several minutes ...
New Glenn Mission NG-1 | Blue Origin
New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36. Following separation, the first stage autonomously descends to a landing platform located several hundred miles downrange in the Atlantic. The two BE-3Us ignite, propelling the second stage into space.
Blue Origin Makes Historic Rocket Landing
Nov 23, 2015 · Van Horn, Texas - Blue Origin today announced that its New Shepard space vehicle successfully flew to space, reaching its planned test altitude of 329,839 feet (100.5 kilometers) before executing a historic landing back at the launch site in West Texas.
Blue Origin Successfully Completes 24th Mission to Space
Dec 19, 2023 · New Shepard will fly its 24th mission on Monday, December 18. The manifest includes 33 payloads and 38,000 Club for the Future postcards from students around the world. The NS-24 launch window opens at 8:30 AM CST / 14:30 UTC from Launch Site One in …
Blue Origin Completes 28th Mission to Space
Nov 15, 2024 · Today, Blue Origin successfully completed its ninth human spaceflight and the 28th flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Emily Calandrelli, Sharon Hagle, Marc Hagle, Austin Litteral, James (J.D.) Russell, and Henry (Hank) Wolfond.
New Glenn | Blue Origin
New Glenn is built, integrated, launched, refurbished, and re-flown within a nine-mile (14 km) radius of the rocket factory. Located in Exploration Park just outside the gates of Kennedy Space Center, the process starts at Blue Origin's state-of-the-art manufacturing complex, which houses the vehicle's fabrication, integration, and operations ...
Launch. Land. Repeat. | Blue Origin
Jan 22, 2016 · You just land a few feet left or right of the centerline. Our Monte Carlo sims of New Shepard landings show this new strategy increases margins, improving the vehicle’s ability to reject disturbances created by low-altitude winds.
Blue Origin Debuts Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket To …
Oct 13, 2024 · Blue Origin’s next New Shepard flight, NS-27, will debut our second human-rated vehicle, enabling expanded flight capacity to better meet growing customer demand. The launch window for the uncrewed verification flight opens on Monday, October 7, at 8:00 AM CDT / …
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Blue Origin was founded by Jeff Bezos with the vision of enabling a future where millions of people are living and working in space for the benefit of Earth.
Historic Rocket Landing | Blue Origin
Nov 23, 2015 · Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Completes Integrated Launch Vehicle Hotfire. New Glenn successfully completed an integrated launch vehicle hotfire test today, the final major milestone on our road to first flight.