{"id":17606,"date":"2021-01-14T21:12:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T13:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origins-new-shepard-spaceship-aces-uncrewed-rehearsal-for-crewed-space-trips\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T21:12:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T13:12:42","slug":"blue-origins-new-shepard-spaceship-aces-uncrewed-rehearsal-for-crewed-space-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origins-new-shepard-spaceship-aces-uncrewed-rehearsal-for-crewed-space-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard spaceship aces uncrewed rehearsal for crewed space trips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard spaceship ascends from its West Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture put the New Shepard spaceship that\u2019s destined to fly people on suborbital trips through its first uncrewed test flight today \u2014 and by all appearances, the practice run was a success.<\/p>\n

The reusable booster and its attached crew capsule lifted off from Blue Origin\u2019s Launch Site 1 in West Texas at about 11:19 a.m. CT (9:19 a.m. PT), after a countdown that was delayed 20 minutes due to concerns about midlevel winds.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at her go!\u201d launch commentator Ariane Cornell said.<\/p>\n

This was the first outing for this particular spaceship. The capsule has been dubbed RSS First Step, with RSS standing for \u201creusable spaceship.\u201d During a string of 13 previous test flights going back to 2015, Blue Origin has flown two other reusable capsules \u2014 but First Step is the first one that\u2019s fully configured to take up to six people to the edge of space and back.<\/p>\n

If the program goes as hoped, Blue Origin could start flying people later this year.<\/p>\n