Blue Origin New Shepard

By Mark Carreau
Liftoff of New Shepard with six international crewmembers took place under a partly cloudy sky at Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 9:40 a.m. EDT.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin is developing three new suborbital New Shepard launch systems and mulling expanding flight services beyond West Texas, the company said Sept. 28.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Blue Origin has set June 21 for the launch of its 13th suborbital New Shepard private astronaut mission from West Texas with a six-person crew.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Blue Origin is planning for the launch of its 12th New Shepard suborbital private astronaut mission with six crewmembers on May 31.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
New Zealand-based Dawn Aerospace said it is beginning to take orders for its remotely piloted, rocket-powered suborbital spaceplane.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Jeff Bezos' fiancee and five other women lifted off aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard launch system on April 14 for a 10-min. ride to and from suborbital space.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Bezos’ fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, 55, a helicopter pilot and founder of aerial film production company Black Ops Aviation, organized the flight.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Launch of the reusable New Shepard from the company’s Launch Site One near Van Horn, Texas, under a clear blue sky occurred at 10:50 a.m. EST on Feb. 25.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Launch from Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas is timed for a window that opens at 10:30 a.m. EST, Blue Origin announced Feb. 21.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
New spins on NASA-developed heat shield technologies paved the way for an era of reusable space vehicles.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
A date for the launch of the reusable New Shepard with its crew capsule from the company’s West Texas launch site will be announced soon.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The reusable New Shepard lifted off from Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 11:01 a.m. EST on Feb. 4.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
A date for a second launch attempt was not set as the scrub was called at 12:54 a.m. EST.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
The private rocket company said the launch window for NS-29 is due to open at 11 a.m. EST.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall, Vivienne Machi, Irene Klotz
The world is headed for a period of launcher abundance as the New Glenn expands rocket choice in the heavy-lift segment.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Liftoff of NG-1 from Space Launch Complex-36 remains targeted between 1-4 a.m. EST.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Blue Origin launched its ninth New Shepard (NS) suborbital flight with passengers on Nov. 22.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall, Joe Anselmo
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin's second New Shepard vehicle flew with a dozen payloads as part of a shakedown run ahead of passenger flights.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The launch took place from the company’s Launch Site One near Van Horn, East Texas.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The 10-min, 10-sec. flight from the company’s East Texas launch site near Van Horn began with a 9:20 a.m. EDT liftoff.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The company has resolved a problem that impaired operation of one of the three parachutes on the last flight of its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin says it has resolved a problem that impaired operation of one of three parachutes on the last flight of its New Shepard suborbital system.
Commercial Space