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Blue Origin celebrates a successful NS-15 test mission Shane McGlaun - Apr 15, 2021, 5:54am CDT Blue Origin has announced that it completed its 15th consecutive mission into space and back and conducted simulations to rehearse astronaut movements in preparation for its future flights that will involve customers onboard its spacecraft. The mission was a verification step before being cleared to fly astronauts aboard the new Shepherd spacecraft. NS-15 was the first mission, wit...

Blue Origin completes 15th test flight of its New Shepard rocket Share Sign up here for GlobalDatas free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has successfully completed another test flight of its New Shepard rocket as it prepares to fly astronauts. Dubbed as NS-15, the mission is Blue Origin’s 15th consecutive mission to space and back. It served as a verification step for the vehicle and operat...

Highlights The mission launched from Launch Site One in West Texas marked a verification step prior to flying astronauts This is the first time, Blue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts entered the capsule prior to launch These astronauts conducted a series of tests from within the capsule Washington: Amazon founder Jeff Bezoss aerospace company Blue Origin has conducted an "astronaut rehearsal" during the successful 15th uncrewed test flight of the company`s reusable suborbital rocket N...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. EDITOR’S NOTE: Blue Origin plans to provide a live video stream of the test flight Wednesday, beginning about one hour prior to liftoff. We will embed Blue Origin’s webcast on this page when it is available. A view of Blue Origin’s launch site in West Texas...

Close The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Jeff Bezos rocket company Blue Origin a temporary flight restriction (TFR) to perform a major test flight with its New Shepard spacecraft as soon as Wednesday. From April 14 to April 17, the TFR limits airspace movement above Blue Origins test facility in Van Horn, Texas. The agency issued an "alert to airmen" on Sunday to "provide a secure atmosphere for rocket launch and recovery." However, it doesnt mention Blue Origin by name. (Ph...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches New Shepard again, with first crewed flight ‘soon’ Company employees carried out an astronaut rehearsal before liftoff Share this story Blue Origin Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin carried out another suborbital launch of its New Shepard rocket on Wednesday, testing its reusable booster and capsule system, which is designed to carry humans to the edge of space and back. Like the last 14 launches, no humans were aboard this time. But with an extensiv...

Article content Julie Payette is an astronaut, pilot, engineer, and one of Canada’s shortest-reigning Governors General, appointed in 2017. She was born in Montreal on Oct. 20, 1963, and has had a distinguished and eventful life and career. 1980 Try refreshing your browser. From space station to Rideau Hall: A timeline of Julie Payettes eventful life and career Back to video Received a Canadian scholarship to attend the Atlantic College in Wales. 1986 Obtained a Bachelor of Electrical Engin...