Blue Origin Resumes Crewed Suborbital Flights

Irene Klotz May 19, 2024
NS-25 with 2 1/2 parachutes

New Shepherd 25 with third parachute not fully inflated.

Credit: Blue Origin webcast
Blue Origin sent a seventh crew into suborbital space on May 19, with the New Shepard (NS) capsule returning to the company’s West Texas spaceport with one of its three main parachutes not fully inflating. The reusable New Shepard booster lifted off at 10:35 a.m. EDT to begin Blue Origin’s 25th...
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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