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Blue Origin launched an uncrewed test flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on April 14, 2021 from their West Texas facility. The capsule and rocket both landed several minutes after launch. | Space.com

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launched the NS-36 crew from Launch Site One in West Texas on Oct. 8, 2025. Full Story👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/UvcpOS The crew included Jeff Elgin, Danna Karagussova, Dr. Clint Kelly III, Aaron Newman, Vitalii Ostrovsky, and Will Lewis, whose identity was revealed after the launch. Credit: Blue Origin | Space.com

Blue Origin has launched its New Shepard rocket at 8:15am CST / 14:15 UTC from its Launch Site One in West Texas. The NS-37 mission is the company’s 16th crewed flight, and sent six passengers to suborbital space just past the Kármán Line. Nearly eight minutes after launch, the booster autonomously returned to the landing pad for a soft touch down. A short time after that, the capsule also safely returned the passengers to planet Earth under three healthy parachutes. This marks New Shepard’s nin