Blue Origin completes 15th test flight of its New Shepard rocket Share Sign up here for GlobalData's 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 operations prior to the first crewed flight. The five-storey-tall New Shepard rocket was launched onto a suborbital trajectory with an attached capsule from Launch Site One in west Texas, US.