New Shepard is a fully reusable, vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) space vehicle composed of two principal parts: a pressurized crew capsule and a launch rocket that Blue Origin often calls a booster or propulsion module. [12]

2 days ago · An uncrewed New Shepard rocket is now expected to launch the so-called NS-29 mission sometime during a window that runs through Jan. 31 from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas.

2 days ago · Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle stands on the launch pad at the company's West Texas site on Jan. 28, 2025. A liftoff planned for that day was scrubbed due to weather and an avionics ...

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, New Shepard is Blue Origin’s fully reusable, suborbital rocket system built for human flight from the beginning. During the 11-minute journey, astronauts soar past the Kármán line (100 km/62 miles), the internationally recognized boundary of space, experiencing several minutes ...

6 days ago · New Shepard’s 29th flight brings the total number of commercial payloads flown on New Shepard to more than 175. Of the mission's 30 payloads, 29 will fly inside the crew capsule and one will fly on the booster with exposure to the ambient space environment. ... Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Completes Integrated Launch Vehicle Hotfire. New ...

6 days ago · Blue Origin launched its second human-rated New Shepard vehicle on an uncrewed flight on Oct. 23, 2024 and nailed the landing of both crew capsule and rocket. (Image credit: Blue Origin)

Oct 13, 2024 · Blue Origin Debuts Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket To Meet Demand October 4, 2024. Blue Origin’s next New Shepard flight, NS-27, will debut our second human-rated vehicle, enabling expanded flight capacity to better meet growing customer demand.

Oct 23, 2024 · Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture successfully sent a brand-new New Shepard rocket ship on an uncrewed shakedown cruise today, with the aim of increasing the company’s capacity to take...

Dec 12, 2023 · Blue Origin is finally returning to flight. On Tuesday the company announced, via the social media site X, that its New Shepard spacecraft would launch no earlier than next Monday. "We’re targeting...

New Shepard is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), crew-rated suborbital launch vehicle created by Blue Origin as a way to boost space tourism. [1] In 2021, the first fully automated spaceflight with civilian passengers, was launched with a New Shepard rocket. [2]