New Shepard

Blue Origin has nailed the first human flight of New Shepard, taking company founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, 82-year-old Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen on a brief jaunt to space.

Blue Origin announced today that the fourth and final passenger on the first human flight of New Shepard is 18-year-old Oliver Daemen. Replacing the anonymous auction bidder who won the seat, Daemen will be the youngest person ever to fly into space.

Blue Origin has announced 82-year-old space pioneer Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk will fill the fourth seat on New Shepard's first passenger flight. A participant in the 1960s Woman in Space program, she will be the oldest person to ever fly into space.

The first paying seat on Blue Origin's initial New Shepard passenger flight into space has sold at auction for an eye-watering US$28 million. The telephone auction was conducted by RR Auction and involved 7,600 bidders from 159 countries.

Jeff Bezos has announced that he and his brother Mark will be aboard the first passenger-carrying Blue Origin flight on July 20, joining the winner of the continuing auction for the first paid seat, which now stands at US$2.8 million.

After receiving 5,200 bids from 136 countries, Blue Origin has announced the result of the first round of bidding for the first passenger seat on its New Shepard reusable space vehicle, with the highest sealed bid coming in at a lofty US$1.4 million.

Blue Origin has opened the first round of bidding for the first passenger seat on its suborbital New Shepard reusable space vehicle, which is scheduled to fly on July 20, 2021.

Blue Origin came a step closer to crewed flights today as ground personnel stood in for astronauts during the 15th New Shepard suborbital space mission, carrying out preflight procedures and re-entering after the flight to rehearse post-flight procedures.

A newly announced upgrade to Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket system will serve as a new type of testbed for NASA's Moon exploration efforts, offering minutes of simulated lunar gravity by spinning through suborbital space.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket has successfully completed its 14th flight. On January 14, 2021, at 11:20 am, mission NS-14 lifted off on a suborbital trajectory with an improved crew capsule containing a dummy astronaut named Anakin Skywalker.

Private space company Blue Origin had a doubly successful outing with its New Shepard rocket today, reusing the same booster for a record seventh time and doing so with a particularly important payload onboard.

Blue Origin's New Shepard booster completed its 12th successful test flight on December 11, marking the first time a booster has made six consecutive missions. At 11:53 am CDT, the single-stage rocket lifted off for a 10 min 16 sec flight.