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Jul 20, 2021 · How to Watch Blue Origin’s First Human Flight on July 20. New Shepard is go for launch. On July 20, Blue Origin will fly its 16th New Shepard flight to space, and its first with astronauts on board. The launch will be broadcast live on BlueOrigin.com beginning at 6:30 am CDT / 11:30 UTC. Liftoff is currently targeted for 8:00 am CDT / 13:00 UTC.
Blue Origin embraces a culture of inclusion and belonging. We encourage diversity in employment across race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, physical or mental disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Space is for everyone.
Blue Origin Awarded NASA Partnership to Turn Lunar Regolith into Solar-Power Systems on the Moon. Breakthrough could lead to autonomous manufacture of unlimited amounts of solar power, power transmission cables, and. May 19, 2023. News.
New Shepard astronauts ascend toward space at more than three times the speed of sound. They pass the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space 62 miles (100 km) above Earth, before unbuckling to float weightless and gaze at our planet. The crew returns gently under parachutes, forever changed. In Their Own Words.
Blue Origin invested more than $1 billion to rebuild the launch site from the ground up. Completed in 2021, LC-36 is the first newly rebuilt launch complex since the 1960s. The complex is home to New Glenn’s launch pad, vehicle integration, first stage refurbishment, propellant facilities, and environmental control center.
Jul 20, 2021 · Blue Origin’s first flight to space with humans onboard included the billionaire Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen. The team traveled more than 60 miles above ...
May 18, 2024 · Today, Blue Origin successfully completed its seventh human spaceflight and the 25th flight for the New Shepard program. Our astronaut crew included: Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, and former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight, who was selected by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as the nation’s first Black astronaut candidate but never had the ...
