Tag: New Shepard
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Marking another first, Blue Origin sends six spacefliers on a single suborbital trip
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship lifts off from West Texas. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture guided another suborbital space trip into the record books today — a trip that also marked a giant leap toward making space tourism routine. When Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship lifted off from…
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Blue Origin launches NS-19 with full passenger complement
Blue Origin launched a crew of six people on board a New Shepard rocket on Saturday, December 11 from the company’s West Texas facility at Corn Ranch. The liftoff took place at 9:01 am CST at the launch site, or 15:01 UTC. This flight was the third crewed undertaking for Blue Origin since their first…
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Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space shot explores the final frontier of merchandising
Former football star and future Blue Origin spaceflier Michael Strahan is given a football to take on his trip during an appearance on Thursday Night Football with Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin. (Jeff Bezos via Twitter) Jeff Bezos’ privately held Blue Origin space venture is starting to look more like the…
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Blue Origin delays its next suborbital space trip because of worries about Texas winds
Spacefliers-to-be Laura Shepard Churchley, Lane Bess and Cameron Bess listen in on a training session at Blue Origin’s Launch Site One. (Blue Origin Photo) Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard’s daughter will have to wait a little longer to take a ride on the suborbital spaceship that’s named after her father. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture…
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Jeff Bezos says he’s spending more on his Earth Fund than on Blue Origin space shots
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, talks about the link between space and Earth’s welfare with moderator Adi Ignatius at a forum at Washington National Cathedral. (Space SPAN via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has been getting a lot of press lately, but the Amazon founder and chairman says he’s…
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‘The most profound experience’: Blue Origin sends Star Trek’s William Shatner to the final frontier
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship fires up its engine. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Reality caught up with science fiction today when Star Trek actor William Shatner, a.k.a. Captain James T. Kirk, briefly crossed into outer space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship. In the process, the 90-year-old Shatner took the title of oldest…
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To the Final Frontier: NS-18 shepherds William Shatner, three others to edge of space
Blue Origin flew their second crewed suborbital tourism flight on their New Shepard capsule and rocket with four passengers, including Star Trek’s William Shatner. Liftoff of the NS-18 mission occurred at 09:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC) from Blue Origin’s suborbital launch and landing facility north of Van Horn, Texas on Wednesday, October 13. The mission…
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How to watch William Shatner beam up to suborbital space on Blue Origin’s rocket
Star Trek captain William Shatner gets tips from Jeff Bezos during a rehearsal for a suborbital space trip in Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule. (Blue Origin via Instagram) More than a half-century after William Shatner first played a starship captain roaming the galaxy in “Star Trek,” he’s getting a real-life ride to the edge…
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William Shatner’s space trek is turning up a spotlight on Blue Origin’s highs and lows
Future suborbital spacefliers Audrey Powers, William Shatner, Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries pose in front of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship. (Blue Origin Photo via Instagram) Star Trek captain William Shatner’s scheduled suborbital space trip is bringing a renewed flood of attention to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture — but like a movie…
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Weather forces a day’s delay in William Shatner’s Blue Origin suborbital space trip
William Shatner stands with crewmates Chris Boshuizen (left), Audrey Powers and Glen de Vries, all clad in their flight suits for a Blue Origin suborbital space trip. (Blue Origin Photo) The Starship Enterprise never had to delay its mission to seek out new life and new civilizations due to bad weather, but that’s precisely what…