Blue Origin
New Shepard
Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
INFO WIKILaunch Vehicle
New Shepard
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Family: Blue Origin
The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.
ExploreTest Flight
The 6th flight for Blue Origin, NS-6 will test an in-flight abort scenario for the capsule.
New Shepard Booster Info
NS-2
Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
Successful Landing
The core stage successfully landed on its final flight.