Blue Origin Rocket New Shepard. Ten minutes and 10 seconds later Blue Origins flight landed safely. New Shepard is the centerpiece rocket of Blue Origins space tourism business.
Estes New Shepard model rocket. The capsule flew to a peak altitude of 347430 feet while carrying 20 payloads. Blue Origins first human flight New Shepard rocket launch July 20 2021.
August 26 2021 at 1125 am.
The suborbital rocket is named after Alan Shepard the first American to reach space in 1961 and one of the astronauts who walked on the moon. The chief executive of Blue Origin said during a news conference on Sunday. Blue Origin recently launched the first crew of astronauts aboard the New Shepard rocket. A booster rocket at the bottom stands six stories tall with a capsule sitting on top that can seat up to six crew.
