Blue Origin Sets Aug. 29 For Next New Shepard Launch

New Shepard rocket taking off

Blue Origin's New Shepard lifting off from its West Texas site in July 2021.

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After resolving a problem that impaired operation of one of the three parachutes on the last flight of its New Shepard (NS) suborbital spacecraft, Blue Origin is targeting its next passenger mission for Aug. 29, the company said Aug. 23. The launch window for NS-26—the company’s eighth with...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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