Blue Origin's giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday morning on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth's orbit for Jeff Bezos' space company as it aims to ...

Blue Origin said that after breaching the Karman Line, nearly 100 kilometers above Earth, the payload will experience at least two minutes of lunar gravity forces to test six broad lunar technologies.

New Shepard has not been without its issues, however. In 2022, it experienced an engine failure a minute after liftoff. With no humans on board, the launch escape system activated, allowing the ...

Blue Origin will have to wait a bit longer to ... So NS-29 will mimic lunar gravity conditions for two minutes, by spinning New Shepard's capsule at a rate of 11 revolutions per minute.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Blue Origin will have to wait a bit longer to get its first-ever moon-gravity mission off the ...

Blue Origin scrubbed plans for a Jan. 28 suborbital launch of a New Shepard rocket from West Texas with 30 science and technology payloads mostly focused on lunar exploration, due to overcast ...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin prepares for the 29th flight of its New Shepard rocket, set to launch from Launch Site One in West Texas. The mission, known as NS-29, will simulate the moon's gravity for the ...

An uncrewed New Shepard ... crew capsule lockers. In simulated lunar gravity, customers can accelerate their learning and technology readiness for lunar payloads at much lower cost." Blue Origin ...

In Blue Origin's defense, the products they have delivered have been of high quality. New Shepard has set the bar ... 12 to 18 months—and eventually crew. But none of these next steps can ...

An uncrewed New Shepard rocket is now expected to launch the so-called NS-29 mission on Tuesday (Feb. 4) from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas. The mission will launch 30 different ...

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin joined the billionaire’s space race in earnest when its New Glenn rocket roared from a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in the early morning hours of Jan. 16.

At long last, Blue Origin has an orbital-class rocket that can compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9: the New Glenn. New Glenn is slightly cheaper and much more capable than SpaceX's Falcon 9 ...