{"id":17607,"date":"2021-01-13T20:03:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T12:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/watch-blue-origin-fly-its-first-capsule-thats-designed-to-send-people-to-space-and-back\/"},"modified":"2021-01-13T20:03:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T12:03:10","slug":"watch-blue-origin-fly-its-first-capsule-thats-designed-to-send-people-to-space-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/watch-blue-origin-fly-its-first-capsule-thats-designed-to-send-people-to-space-and-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Blue Origin fly its first capsule that\u2019s designed to send people to space and back"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_599393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-599393\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-599393\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/210113-capsule-630x420.jpeg\" alt=\"Blue Origin capsule with fliers\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/210113-capsule-630x420.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/210113-capsule-1260x840.jpeg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/210113-capsule-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/210113-capsule-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/210113-capsule.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-599393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard crew capsule is designed to send up to six people to the edge of space and back. (Blue Origin Photoillustration)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> The uncrewed test flight of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard suborbital spaceship has been rescheduled for launch at 10:57 a.m. CT (8:57 a.m. PT).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previously:<\/strong> Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture is planning to live-stream the first test flight of its first passenger-friendly space capsule on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>If all goes according to plan, Blue Origin will launch a never-before-flown New Shepard crew capsule and booster from its West Texas facility on an uncrewed suborbital space trip with coverage streamed via Blue Origin\u2019s website and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Coverage is due to begin 30 minutes before launch, with the precise timing dependent on weather and technical readiness.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Replay - New Shepard Mission NS-14 Webcast\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g9oTZu2HP8U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The capsule has been dubbed the RSS First Step. RSS stands for \u201cReusable Spaceship,\u201d while First Step refers to Blue Origin\u2019s intent to use the craft for crewed flights beginning later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin\u2019s previous 13 New Shepard test flights made use of two earlier-generation capsules and three earlier-generation boosters. In a pre-launch advisory, Blue Origin says that the new crew capsule has been outfitted with upgrades for the astronaut experience \u2014 including improvements in acoustics and temperature regulation system as well as display panels, speakers and microphones with push-to-talk buttons for each of the cabin\u2019s six seats.<\/p>\n<p>This mission, known as NS-14, will also test a number of communication and safety alert systems. A sensor-equipped test dummy nicknamed Mannequin Skywalker will occupy one of the seats.<\/p>\n<p>Among the payloads packed aboard the capsule will be more than 50,000 postcards sent in by students around the globe through the auspices of Blue Origin\u2019s Club for the Future educational campaign. Some of those postcards will even be tucked inside Mannequin Skywalker\u2019s pockets.<\/p>\n<p>Previous batches of postcards were flown during New Shepard test missions in December 2019 and October 2020.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Inside look at the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket booster and crew capsule\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K1H6QwxUTR8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin executives had thought New Shepard would be taking on crewed suborbital flights by now \u2014 but that was before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Coronavirus complications added to the snags that are typically encountered in the course of testing a new spaceship.<\/p>\n<p>The company isn\u2019t yet taking reservations for passenger flights, and it hasn\u2019t yet set the ticket price for New Shepard trips. But back in 2019, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said the price for the first commercial passengers would probably be in the range of \u201chundreds of thousands of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin builds the hardware for the suborbital New Shepard program at its headquarters in Kent, Wash. The company is also working on an orbital-class New Glenn rocket that will be built in and launched from Florida, as well as a lunar landing system that would be built for NASA\u2019s use in partnership with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard crew capsule is designed to send up to six people to the edge of space and back. (Blue Origin Photoillustration) Update: The uncrewed test flight of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard suborbital spaceship has been rescheduled for launch at 10:57 a.m. CT (8:57 a.m. PT). 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