RSS First Step – Spaceflight Now

August 1, 2021

Breaking News

[ July 30, 2021 ] Ariane 5 rocket launches two geostationary communications satellites Ariane 5
[ July 30, 2021 ] Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches from French Guiana Ariane 5
[ July 29, 2021 ] High drama as Russian lab module tilts space station with errant thruster firings Atlas 5
[ July 29, 2021 ] Live coverage: Newly-arrived Russian module causes problems at space station Mission Reports
[ July 29, 2021 ] Rocket Lab returns to service with “flawless” launch for U.S. military Mission Reports

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.