RSS First Step – Spaceflight Now

September 14, 2024

Breaking News

[ September 12, 2024 ] SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from West Coast Falcon 9
[ September 12, 2024 ] First non-government spacewalk goes off without a hitch for Polaris Dawn crew Mission Reports
[ September 12, 2024 ] SpaceX launches five BlueBird satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ September 12, 2024 ] Polaris Dawn crew gears up for Thursday spacewalk Mission Reports
[ September 11, 2024 ] NASA astronaut Don Pettit makes fourth trip to the International Space Station Mission Reports

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.