Blue Origin launches first crewed New Shepard mission
Posted: Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 4:48 PM ET (2048 GMT)
Blue Origin successfully performed the first crewed launch of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Tuesday with founder Jeff Bezos and three others on board. New Shepard lifted off from the company's West Texas site at 9:12 am EDT (1312 GMT), with the capsule reaching a peak altitude of about 107 kilometers before landing 10 minutes later. Bezos was joined on the flight by his brother Mark, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen. Blue Origin executives said before the launch they were ready to start flying people after 15 uncrewed test flights, and saw no need to fly company employees as test astronauts first.
Blue Origin successfully performed the first crewed launch of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Tuesday with founder Jeff Bezos and three others on board. New Shepard lifted off from the company's West Texas site at 9:12 am EDT (1312 GMT), with the capsule reaching a peak altitude of about 107 kilometers before landing 10 minutes later. Bezos was joined on the flight by his brother Mark, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen. Blue Origin executives said before the launch they were ready to start flying people after 15 uncrewed test flights, and saw no need to fly company employees as test astronauts first.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
NASA to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in September
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Wednesday, April 29
Another one: Ariane 6 flies with four boosters once more
ESA — 5:23 am ET (0923 GMT) Design Booster teams conduct Final Design Review at ESTEC
ESA — 5:23 am ET (0923 GMT) SpaceX to launch Starlink mission from Vandenberg SFB Wednesday night
Lompoc Record — 5:21 am ET (0921 GMT) PNG court clears the way for Starlink
The Interpreter — 5:20 am ET (0920 GMT) True Anomaly raises $650 million to support space interceptors for Trump’s Golden Dome
CNBC — 5:20 am ET (0920 GMT) |
