Blue Origin Clears New Shepard For First Crewed Flight

Irene Klotz July 19, 2021
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From left to right, the crew for the New Shepard mission: Joes Daemen; Wally Funk; Jeff Bezos; and Mark Bezos.
Credit: Jeff Bezos / Instagram
VAN HORN, Texas—Jeff Bezos’ space startup Blue Origin has cleared one of its two operational New Shepard suborbital launch systems for liftoff July 20 on the company’s first human mission. “We’ve successfully passed our flight readiness review and are currently on track for launch at 8 a.m. CDT (9 a...
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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