RSS First Step – Spaceflight Now

February 2, 2023

Breaking News

[ February 2, 2023 ] Space station astronauts finish preps for next pair of new solar arrays Mission Reports
[ February 2, 2023 ] SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink internet satellites Falcon 9
[ January 31, 2023 ] Starlink satellites, Italian space tug launched by SpaceX rocket Falcon 9
[ January 31, 2023 ] Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from California Falcon 9
[ January 26, 2023 ] SpaceX launches heaviest payload on Falcon 9 rocket Falcon 9

Bezos’s Blue Origin auctions seat on first New Shepard spaceflight with passengers

May 7, 2021

Blue Origin plans to begin crew flights of its suborbital New Shepard spacecraft on July 20, launching the highest bidder in an online auction out of the atmosphere and into space for a few minutes of weightlessness and an out-of-this world view before returning to Earth.

Blue Origin tests passenger accommodations on suborbital launch

January 14, 2021

Blue Origin says it is “very, very close” to flying humans on suborbital launches to the edge of space after a successful test flight of a human-capable rocket and capsule Thursday.