All rockets take off; not all rockets land. 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.

New Shepard is a fully reusable sub-orbital launch vehicle developed for space tourism by Blue Origin. The vehicle is named after Alan Shepard, who became the first American to travel into space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon. The vehicle is …

Jan 24, 2025 · Blue Origin successfully completed its 29th New Shepard flight and 14th payload mission today from Launch Site One in West Texas. The payloads experienced roughly two minutes of lunar gravity forces.

3 days ago · The launch window for the New Shepard opens at 11 a.m. EST from Launch Site One, more than 140 miles east of El Paso in Culberson County, according to Blue Origin.

1 day ago · A significant milestone in suborbital spaceflight was achieved by Blue Origin with the launch of its uncrewed NS-29 mission. The New Shepard rocket lifted off from the company's West Texas facility on February 4 at 11 a.m. EST, following a week-long delay caused by adverse weather conditions and a technical issue in the rocket's avionics system. The booster and capsule both returned to Earth ...

3 days ago · Blue Origin's famed New Shepard spacecraft successfully simulated the moon's low gravity on board its capsule during a brief flight Tuesday morning over West Texas.. Video of the uncrewed launch ...

Blue Origin successfully completed its 29th New Shepard flight and 14th payload mission on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, from Launch Site One in West Texas. ... Your digital postcards will journey to space and back on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. Create Your Own. Experience New Shepard. Learn more about becoming an astronaut by flying on New ...

3 days ago · Blue Origin is launching 30 different experiments on the New Shepard NS-29 mission, 29 of them aimed at testing technologies for the moon. The final payload will actually ride on the rocket's ...

3 days ago · Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule returns to Earth on the NS-29 suborbital mission Feb. 4. One of three parachutes did not initially inflate but did fully open before landing.

3 days ago · For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put its New Shepard suborbital rocket ship through a couple of minutes’ worth of moon-level gravity. The uncrewed mission, known ...