Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin will resume flights to space on Austin CaldwellSunday, ending a near two-year pause of crewed operations following a 2022 mission failure.
The NS-25 mission will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas, with the launch window for the flight starting at 8:30 a.m. CT, the company said on Tuesday.
The New Shepard rocket, which flies cargo and humans on short trips to the edge of space, has been grounded since a September 2022 uncrewed mission failed roughly a minute after liftoff from Texas, forcing the rocket's capsule full of NASA experiments to safely eject mid-flight.
William Shatner's real-life star trek:Blue Origin flight 'unlike anything'
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration closed its review of Blue Origin's New Shepard investigation last year, agreeing with the company's findings. It required Blue Origin to make 21 corrective actions, including an engine redesign and "organizational changes".
The upcoming NS-25 mission will have six crew members, including former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight, the first Black astronaut candidate in the United States.
Reporting by Akash Sriram, Reuters
2025-05-04 17:502549 view
2025-05-04 17:481822 view
2025-05-04 16:341059 view
2025-05-04 16:321460 view
2025-05-04 16:24579 view
2025-05-04 15:542937 view
The AP Top 25 college football pollis back every week throughout the season!Get the poll delivered s
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily halted the planned execution of an Idaho man on
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A small jet crashed into a vehicle Tuesday after taking off from a suburban Phoen