RSS First Step – Spaceflight Now

September 21, 2023

Breaking News

[ September 20, 2023 ] SpaceX launches Falcon 9 on record-breaking 17th flight for booster Falcon 9
[ September 19, 2023 ] Radar-imaging satellite lost as Rocket Lab Electron rocket suffers launch failure News
[ September 18, 2023 ] Radar-imaging satellite lost as Rocket Lab Electron rocket fails News
[ September 15, 2023 ] Russian-US crew launches on Soyuz rocket to International Space Station News
[ September 12, 2023 ] FAA closes SpaceX-led Starship mishap investigation News

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

May 7, 2021 William Harwood

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 Stephen Clark

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.