Blue Origin's NS-29 New Shepard rocket will launch on Jan. 28 at 11:30 a.m. EST (1630 GMT) if all goes well. Here's what to ...

While New Shepard is best known as a space tourist vehicle, 19 of its 28 flights to date have been uncrewed. The reusable ...

"The payloads will experience at least two minutes of lunar gravity forces, a first for New Shepard and made possible in part ...

Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in ...

Blue Origin successfully launched the rocket after an attempt earlier in ... Image Jeff Bezos announcing the Blue Origin New Shepard space system in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 2017.Credit ...

Bezos started Blue Origin in 2000, but its first small rocket, New Shepard, has primarily focused ... U.S. space agency tries to transition to a new model of space research, wherein businesses ...

which until now has been stuck with a rocket (called New Shepard) that is not designed to go into orbit, which limits its usefulness. Blue Origin needs New Glenn to succeed in order to build a ...

The successful flight to orbit of the Amazon founder’s powerful rocket suggests it could grow ... Image Jeff Bezos announcing the Blue Origin New Shepard space system in Colorado Springs ...

Why: Blue Origin will launch its New Shepard suborbital rocket as part of an uncrewed mission. This is a little bit unusual before, as New Shepard launches are known for their crewed launches to ...

It follows in the steps of New Shepard, Blue Origin's first rocket which was named for Alan Shepard, the first American in space. Standing 320 feet (98 meters) tall -- roughly equivalent to a 32 ...