Apr 12, 2021
The Blue Origin team celebrates with founder Jeff Bezos at the site of the New Shepard rocket booster landing.
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Blue Origin's Audrey Powers simulates astronaut ingress on New Shepard Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
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Mission NS-15 lifts off from Launch Site One in West Texas. (April 14, 2021)
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The view from space on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
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The New Shepard booster lands after Mission NS-15's successful mission to space. (April 14, 2021)
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The New Shepard booster on the landing pad after Mission NS-15's successful mission. (April 14, 2021)
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New Shepard Crew Capsule descends from space on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
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New Shepard Crew Capsule lands in the West Texas desert after a successful mission to space. (April 14, 2021)
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Blue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts rehearse crew recovery procedures on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
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Blue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts egress the capsule during crew recovery rehearsals on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
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Blue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts celebrate during crew capsule recovery rehearsals on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
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Blue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts during Mission NS-15 pose in front of the New Shepard Crew Capsule after a successful mission. (April 14, 2021)
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Blue Origin's Gary Lai in front of the New Shepard Crew Capsule after completing astronaut recovery rehearsals during Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
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Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, inspects the booster on the landing pad after a successful NS-15 flight and landing.
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New Shepard NS-14 lifts off from Launch Site One in West Texas. (January 14, 2021)
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Mannequin Skywalker flew onboard the New Shepard Mission NS-14 crew capsule outfitted with six seats and astronaut experience upgrades. (January 14, 2021)
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The New Shepard NS-14 booster lands at Launch Site One in West Texas. (January 14, 2021)
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The New Shepard crew capsule outfitted with astronaut experience upgrades lands at Launch Site One. (January 14, 2021)
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New Shepard booster undergoing integration and testing of the sensor experiment at Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site.
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The National Team's engineering mockup of the crew lander vehicle at NASA Johnson Space Center's (JSC) iconic Building 9.
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The Blue Origin National Team crewed lander arrives on the surface of the Moon.
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The Blue Origin National Team integrated lander vehicle
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New Shepard lifts off on its 12th mission on December 11, 2019.
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The New Shepard booster lands after this vehicle's 6th consecutive flight on December 11, 2019.
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The New Shepard Crew Capsule descends under parachutes during NS-12 on December 11, 2019.
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The New Shepard Crew Capsule lands back in the West Texas Desert with Blue Origin's 100th commercial payload customer on board and thousands of Club for the Future postcards on December 11, 2019.
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On May 9, 2019, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos announced Blue Moon, its large lunar lander capable of delivering multiple metric tons of payload to the lunar surface based on configuration and mission. Blue also announced it can meet the current Administration's goal of putting Americans on the Moon by 2024 with the Blue Moon lunar lander.
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On May 9, 2019, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos announced the nonprofit Club for the Future to inspire youth to pursue careers in STEM as well as help visualize life in space.
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Blue Moon is a flexible lander delivering a wide variety of small, medium and large payloads to the lunar surface. Its capability to provide precise and soft landings will enable a sustained human presence on the Moon.
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The Blue Moon lander can deliver large infrastructure payloads with high accuracy to pre-position systems for future missions. The larger variant of Blue Moon has been designed to land an ascent vehicle that will allow us to return Americans to the Moon by 2024.
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Blue Moon's precision guidance and descent sensors utilize machine learning technology to accurately land anywhere on the lunar surface, starting with its first mission.
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New Glenn, Blue Origin's orbital rocket, will launch from Cape Canaveral, FL.
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Blue Origin's orbital rocket, New Glenn
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Hotfire test of BE-4 at our West Texas Launch Facility in July 2019.
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A full power test of Blue Origin's BE-4 engine on August 2, 2019
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New Shepard launches on its 11th mission on May 2, 2019
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The New Shepard booster lands after this particular vehicle's 5th flight during NS-11 on May 2, 2019.
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The New Shepard booster lands during Mission NS-11 on May 2, 2019.
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NS-11 flew 38 payloads to space for a variety of schools, universities, government agencies and private companies.
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New Shepard taking off on Mission NS-10 - January 23, 2019
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New Shepard launches on its 10th mission - January 23, 2019.
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The New Shepard booster lands during Mission NS-10 - January 23, 2019
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The New Shepard booster descends for landing during Mission NS-10 - January 23, 2019
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The New Shepard booster lands during Mission NS-10 - January 23, 2019
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NS-10 was the 4th flight for this New Shepard booster - January 23, 2019
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Eight NASA payloads flew onboard New Shepard for NS-10 - January 23, 2019
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Payload customers from NS-10. New Shepard lowers the cost for universities, government researchers and entrepreneurs to test payloads and technologies in space.
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New Shepard crew capsule, July 18, 2018, prior to a safe landing on Mission 9 where the escape motor was fired in-flight.
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New Shepard on the launch pad the morning of Mission 9, July 18, 2018.
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New Shepard booster prior to touchdown on Mission 9, July 18, 2018.
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New Shepard on the launch pad the morning of Mission 8, April 29, 2018.
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New Shepard payload customers at the landing site after Mission 8.
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The BE-4 is our fourth-generation liquid rocket engine, made to take us into orbit and beyond.
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New Shepard booster landing on the pad in West Texas after a successful Mission 7.
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New Shepard booster landing on the pad in West Texas after a successful Mission 7.
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New Shepard booster landing on the pad in West Texas after a successful Mission 7.
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Crew Capsule 2.0 features large windows, measuring 2.4 feet wide, 3.6 feet tall.
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Mannequin Skywalker, our instrumented test dummy, had a great flight on M7.
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Checking out Crew Capsule 2.0 after touchdown in West Texas.
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Blue Origin's first commercial payload customers after Mission 7
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The BE-4 engine
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The BE-4 engine
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New Shepard at EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh – 2017
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We paint a tortoise on our vehicles after each flight.
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Members of the Blue Origin team recover the Crew Capsule after its fifth successful flight and soft landing.
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Precise thrust vector control and deep throttling enable pinpoint booster landing.
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The same New Shepard booster that flew to space and then landed vertically in November 2015 has now flown and landed again.
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A stable and precise landing of the New Shepard booster during its fourth mission on June 19, 2016.
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster executes a controlled vertical landing at 4.2 mph.
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Blue Origin flies and lands the world's first fully reusable rocket from its launch site in West Texas.
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A safe landing of the New Shepard crew capsule validates our approach to a parachute failure scenario. The crew capsule lands softly with two parachutes and a retrothrust system on June 19, 2016.
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard space vehicle successfully flew to space before executing a historic landing back at the launch site in West Texas.
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Blue Origin’s fully reusable New Shepard space vehicle rolls out to the launch pad at the company’s West Texas Launch Site.
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The Blue Origin team celebrates with founder Jeff Bezos at the site of the New Shepard rocket booster landing.
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After a clean separation from the propulsion module, the New Shepard capsule descends to a gentle landing in the West Texas desert.
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The reusable New Shepard space vehicle ascends through clear skies to an apogee of 339,138 feet.
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The New Shepard space vehicle blasts off on its first developmental test flight over Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. The crew capsule reached apogee at 307,000 feet before beginning its descent back to Earth.
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Earth is seen through the booster’s ring fin as viewed by the separating crew capsule.
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Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, tests communications systems before the first flight of the New Shepard space vehicle.
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Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, inspects New Shepard’s West Texas launch facility before the rocket’s maiden voyage.
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Blue Origin completes more than 100 staged-combustion tests in development of the BE-4 engine.
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At Blue Origin’s West Texas facility, the BE-3 engine demonstrated a full simulated suborbital mission profile, igniting, throttling and restarting on command. Photo credit: NASA
Blue Origin's Audrey Powers simulates astronaut ingress on New Shepard Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
Mission NS-15 lifts off from Launch Site One in West Texas. (April 14, 2021)
The view from space on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
The New Shepard booster lands after Mission NS-15's successful mission to space. (April 14, 2021)
The New Shepard booster on the landing pad after Mission NS-15's successful mission. (April 14, 2021)
New Shepard Crew Capsule descends from space on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
New Shepard Crew Capsule lands in the West Texas desert after a successful mission to space. (April 14, 2021)
Blue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts rehearse crew recovery procedures on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
Blue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts egress the capsule during crew recovery rehearsals on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
Blue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts celebrate during crew capsule recovery rehearsals on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
Blue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts during Mission NS-15 pose in front of the New Shepard Crew Capsule after a successful mission. (April 14, 2021)
Blue Origin's Gary Lai in front of the New Shepard Crew Capsule after completing astronaut recovery rehearsals during Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)
Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, inspects the booster on the landing pad after a successful NS-15 flight and landing.
New Shepard NS-14 lifts off from Launch Site One in West Texas. (January 14, 2021)
Mannequin Skywalker flew onboard the New Shepard Mission NS-14 crew capsule outfitted with six seats and astronaut experience upgrades. (January 14, 2021)
The New Shepard NS-14 booster lands at Launch Site One in West Texas. (January 14, 2021)
The New Shepard crew capsule outfitted with astronaut experience upgrades lands at Launch Site One. (January 14, 2021)
New Shepard booster undergoing integration and testing of the sensor experiment at Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site.
The National Team's engineering mockup of the crew lander vehicle at NASA Johnson Space Center's (JSC) iconic Building 9.
The Blue Origin National Team crewed lander arrives on the surface of the Moon.
The Blue Origin National Team integrated lander vehicle
New Shepard lifts off on its 12th mission on December 11, 2019.
The New Shepard booster lands after this vehicle's 6th consecutive flight on December 11, 2019.
The New Shepard Crew Capsule descends under parachutes during NS-12 on December 11, 2019.
The New Shepard Crew Capsule lands back in the West Texas Desert with Blue Origin's 100th commercial payload customer on board and thousands of Club for the Future postcards on December 11, 2019.
On May 9, 2019, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos announced Blue Moon, its large lunar lander capable of delivering multiple metric tons of payload to the lunar surface based on configuration and mission. Blue also announced it can meet the current Administration's goal of putting Americans on the Moon by 2024 with the Blue Moon lunar lander.
On May 9, 2019, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos announced the nonprofit Club for the Future to inspire youth to pursue careers in STEM as well as help visualize life in space.
Blue Moon is a flexible lander delivering a wide variety of small, medium and large payloads to the lunar surface. Its capability to provide precise and soft landings will enable a sustained human presence on the Moon.
The Blue Moon lander can deliver large infrastructure payloads with high accuracy to pre-position systems for future missions. The larger variant of Blue Moon has been designed to land an ascent vehicle that will allow us to return Americans to the Moon by 2024.
Blue Moon's precision guidance and descent sensors utilize machine learning technology to accurately land anywhere on the lunar surface, starting with its first mission.
New Glenn, Blue Origin's orbital rocket, will launch from Cape Canaveral, FL.
Blue Origin's orbital rocket, New Glenn
Hotfire test of BE-4 at our West Texas Launch Facility in July 2019.
A full power test of Blue Origin's BE-4 engine on August 2, 2019
New Shepard launches on its 11th mission on May 2, 2019
The New Shepard booster lands after this particular vehicle's 5th flight during NS-11 on May 2, 2019.
The New Shepard booster lands during Mission NS-11 on May 2, 2019.
NS-11 flew 38 payloads to space for a variety of schools, universities, government agencies and private companies.
New Shepard taking off on Mission NS-10 - January 23, 2019
New Shepard launches on its 10th mission - January 23, 2019.
The New Shepard booster lands during Mission NS-10 - January 23, 2019
The New Shepard booster descends for landing during Mission NS-10 - January 23, 2019
The New Shepard booster lands during Mission NS-10 - January 23, 2019
NS-10 was the 4th flight for this New Shepard booster - January 23, 2019
Eight NASA payloads flew onboard New Shepard for NS-10 - January 23, 2019
Payload customers from NS-10. New Shepard lowers the cost for universities, government researchers and entrepreneurs to test payloads and technologies in space.
New Shepard crew capsule, July 18, 2018, prior to a safe landing on Mission 9 where the escape motor was fired in-flight.
New Shepard on the launch pad the morning of Mission 9, July 18, 2018.
New Shepard booster prior to touchdown on Mission 9, July 18, 2018.
New Shepard on the launch pad the morning of Mission 8, April 29, 2018.
New Shepard payload customers at the landing site after Mission 8.
The BE-4 is our fourth-generation liquid rocket engine, made to take us into orbit and beyond.
New Shepard booster landing on the pad in West Texas after a successful Mission 7.
New Shepard booster landing on the pad in West Texas after a successful Mission 7.
New Shepard booster landing on the pad in West Texas after a successful Mission 7.
Crew Capsule 2.0 features large windows, measuring 2.4 feet wide, 3.6 feet tall.
Mannequin Skywalker, our instrumented test dummy, had a great flight on M7.
Checking out Crew Capsule 2.0 after touchdown in West Texas.
Blue Origin's first commercial payload customers after Mission 7
The BE-4 engine
The BE-4 engine
New Shepard at EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh – 2017
We paint a tortoise on our vehicles after each flight.
Members of the Blue Origin team recover the Crew Capsule after its fifth successful flight and soft landing.
Precise thrust vector control and deep throttling enable pinpoint booster landing.
The same New Shepard booster that flew to space and then landed vertically in November 2015 has now flown and landed again.
A stable and precise landing of the New Shepard booster during its fourth mission on June 19, 2016.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster executes a controlled vertical landing at 4.2 mph.
Blue Origin flies and lands the world's first fully reusable rocket from its launch site in West Texas.
A safe landing of the New Shepard crew capsule validates our approach to a parachute failure scenario. The crew capsule lands softly with two parachutes and a retrothrust system on June 19, 2016.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard space vehicle successfully flew to space before executing a historic landing back at the launch site in West Texas.
Blue Origin’s fully reusable New Shepard space vehicle rolls out to the launch pad at the company’s West Texas Launch Site.
The Blue Origin team celebrates with founder Jeff Bezos at the site of the New Shepard rocket booster landing.
After a clean separation from the propulsion module, the New Shepard capsule descends to a gentle landing in the West Texas desert.
The reusable New Shepard space vehicle ascends through clear skies to an apogee of 339,138 feet.
The New Shepard space vehicle blasts off on its first developmental test flight over Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. The crew capsule reached apogee at 307,000 feet before beginning its descent back to Earth.
Earth is seen through the booster’s ring fin as viewed by the separating crew capsule.
Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, tests communications systems before the first flight of the New Shepard space vehicle.
Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, inspects New Shepard’s West Texas launch facility before the rocket’s maiden voyage.
Blue Origin completes more than 100 staged-combustion tests in development of the BE-4 engine.
At Blue Origin’s West Texas facility, the BE-3 engine demonstrated a full simulated suborbital mission profile, igniting, throttling and restarting on command. Photo credit: NASA
The same New Shepard booster that flew to space and then landed vertically in November 2015 has now flown and landed again.
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