Blue Origin New Shepard Launch Schedule. The voyage was initially scheduled for Tuesday but high winds near the launch site in Van Horn Texas prompted Blue Origin to push it back. IE 11 is not supported.
2 days agoBlue Origin had boasted that the windows on New Shepards crew capsule are the biggest to fly in space but Elon Musks SpaceX snatched that superlative in September when it launched its Crew. Watch the full launch. IE 11 is not supported.
Blue Origin has been flight testing New Shepard and its redundant safety systems since 2012.
William Shatner became the oldest person ever to reach the edge of space on Wednesday when the 90-year-old Star Trek star and three others blasted off on Blue Origins New Shepard 4 for the commercial spaceflight companys second human flight. LC-36 Cape Canaveral SFS. 1400 GMT Blue. View All Launch Details.
