The suborbital New Shepard vehicle took off from Blue Origin’s test site in West Texas early Jan. 22 and reached a peak altitude of 101.7 kilometers.

Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its 13th crewed New Shepard rocket on a successful suborbital spaceflight on Sunday, June 29, 2025.

Updated 12:45 p.m. Eastern time. WASHINGTON — Blue Origin announced Nov. 24 that it launched its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on a second test flight, flying to the edge of space and ...

Blue Origin launched its suborbital New Shepard rocket and crew capsule on an uncrewed test flight ... This mission marked the 6th flight for the New Shepard-3 vehicle, and the 9th commercial ...

Blue Origin is targeting Aug. 26 for the next flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle, company representatives announced today (Aug. 18).

Blue Origin’s New Shepard is officially back in action, with the company today successfully launching the suborbital rocket for the first time in more than 15 months.. The rocket lifted off from ...

Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft for the ninth time today (July 18) during an uncrewed test to ensure that humans could escape the capsule in case anything goes wrong.

Blue Origin has successfully demonstrated its upgraded New Shepard suborbital vehicle for crewed flights. The rocket system’s crew capsule separated from its reusable booster two and a half ...

Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle stands on the launch pad at the company's West Texas site on Jan. 28, 2025. A liftoff planned for that day was scrubbed due to weather and an avionics ...

Commercial spaceflight start-up Blue Origin has achieved a historic first by vertically landing and recovering the launcher stage of the New Shepard suborbital system after delivering a payload to ...

Blue Origin employees test procedures for getting spacefliers into the New Shepard suborbital spaceship at the company’s launch facility in West Texas. (Blue Origin via YouTube) NASA says it ...

Rocket fans will soon be able to follow in Jeff Bezos' footsteps when it comes to ownership of a suborbital New Shepard space vehicle. Toggle search box Toggle navigation. Home; News .