Artykuły o New Shepard

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Blue Origin to fly Mercury 13 woman on first crewed New Shepard flight
by Jeff Foust — July 1, 2021 [SN]


Wally Funk, an experienced pilot who was part of the "Mercury 13" group of women who passed NASA astronaut medical exams, will be on the first crewed New Shepard flight July 20. Credit: Blue Origin

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin announced July 1 that it will fly one of the “Mercury 13” women who underwent astronaut training in the early years of the space program on the company’s first crewed New Shepard suborbital flight.

In a video posted on Instagram, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos offers to fly Wally Funk on the July 20 New Shepard flight. She immediate accepts by hugging Bezos.

Source: https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-to-fly-mercury-13-woman-on-first-crewed-new-shepard-flight/

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Bezos invites 82-year-old aviation pioneer to join him for spaceflight
July 1, 2021 William Harwood  STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION [SFN]


Credit: Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos meets with Wally Funk, who will become the oldest person to fly in space on a New Shepard suborbital flight scheduled for July 20. Credit: Jeff Bezos

Wally Funk, an 82-year-old aviation pioneer and one of the 13 female fliers who were tested but ultimately barred from NASA’s initially all-male astronaut corps, is finally getting her chance to fly in space, thanks to Jeff Bezos.

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/07/01/bezos-invites-82-year-old-aviation-pioneer-to-join-him-for-spaceflight/

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Dutch teenager to fly on New Shepard
by Jeff Foust — July 15, 2021 [SN]


Oliver Daemen, 18, will be the fourth person on Blue Origin's New Shepard flight, becoming the youngest person in space in the process. Credit: Blue Origin

WASHINGTON — An 18-year-old Dutch man will fly on Blue Origin’s first crewed New Shepard suborbital flight, taking the place of the unidentified winner of an auction last month for the seat.

Blue Origin announced July 15 that Oliver Daemen will be the fourth and final member of the crew of the New Shepard flight launching July 20 from the company’s West Texas spaceport. Daemen will join Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, and Wally Funk on the 10-minute suborbital flight.

Source: https://spacenews.com/dutch-teenager-to-fly-on-new-shepard/

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Blue Origin donates New Shepard auction proceeds to space nonprofit groups
by Jeff Foust — July 15, 2021 [SN]


Two-thirds of the $28 million Blue Origin raised by auctioning a seat on the first crewed New Shepard flight will go to 19 space-related nonprofit organizations to support educational activities. Credit: Blue Origin webcast

WASHINGTON — With less than a week before its first crewed suborbital spaceflight, Blue Origin is distributing some of the proceeds from an auction for one of the seats on that flight to a group of space-related nonprofit organizations.

Source: https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-donates-new-shepard-auction-proceeds-to-space-nonprofit-groups/

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Blue Origin gives green light for Tuesday launch of owner Jeff Bezos
July 18, 2021 William Harwood STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION [SFN]


The four passengers who will ride to the edge of space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket Tuesday, from left to right: Oliver Daemen, Wally Funk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Bezos. Credit: Jeff Bezos via Instagram

While Jeff Bezos and his three crewmates worked through a two-day “astronaut” training course, engineers Sunday tentatively cleared their New Shepard rocket and capsule for blastoff Tuesday on a 10-minute up-and-down flight to the edge of space, matching rival Richard Branson’s feat nine days earlier.

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/07/18/blue-origin-gives-green-light-for-tuesday-launch-of-owner-jeff-bezos/

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Bezos and excited crewmates eager for blastoff Tuesday
July 19, 2021 William Harwood [SFN]


Oliver Daemen, Wally Funk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Bezos receive a briefing at the New Shepard launch site. Credit: Blue Origin

Nine days after being upstaged by Richard Branson, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is finally ready for his own flight into history, blasting off Tuesday morning aboard a fully automated spacecraft he believes will usher in a new era of commercial passenger service. (...)

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/07/19/bezos-and-excited-crewmates-eager-for-blastoff-tuesday/

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Blue Origin ready for first crewed New Shepard launch
by Jeff Foust — July 18, 2021 [SN]


Blue Origin executives said July 18 that their first crewed New Shepard suborbital flight remains on schedule for the morning of July 20. Credit: Blue Origin

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin is on track to perform the first crewed launch of its New Shepard vehicle July 20, carrying company founder Jeff Bezos and three others on a suborbital spaceflight.

Source: https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-ready-for-first-crewed-new-shepard-launch/

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Blue Origin launches Bezos on first crewed New Shepard flight
by Jeff Foust — July 20, 2021 [SN]


Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle lifts off on its first crewed flight July 20 from West Texas. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust

VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin performed its first crewed New Shepard launch July 20, sending company founder Jeff Bezos and three other people on a suborbital flight.

New Shepard lifted off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 9:12 a.m. Eastern on the NS-16 mission. The crew capsule, called RSS First Step, separated from its booster and reached a peak altitude of 107 kilometers before descending under parachutes to a landing 10 minutes and 10 seconds after liftoff. The booster performed a powered landing nearly seven and a half minutes after liftoff.

Source: https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-launches-bezos-on-first-crewed-new-shepard-flight/

New Shepard astronauts rave about suborbital spaceflight experience as Bezos faces backlash
by Jeff Foust — July 20, 2021 [SN]


The NS-16 crew poses in front of the booster that launched their mission. From left: Oliver Daemen, Jeff Bezos, Wally Funk and Mark Bezos. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust

VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos and the others who were on the first crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle hailed the experience as better than expected, but Bezos is facing a backlash for spending part of his extreme wealth on space.

In a ceremony a couple hours after their brief suborbital spaceflight July 20, Blue Origin awarded their version of astronaut wings to Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen. The four then described the experience of the 10-minute flight to an altitude of 107 kilometers.
https://spacenews.com/new-shepard-astronauts-rave-about-suborbital-spaceflight-experience-as-bezos-faces-backlash/

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Bezos flies to space on Blue Origin’s first crew launch
July 20, 2021 Stephen Clark [SFN]


Oliver Daemen, Jeff Bezos, Wally Funk, and Mark Bezos pose with the New Shepard booster that carried them to space Tuesday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took his brother, a pioneering female pilot, and an 18-year-old Dutch student on an automated flight to the edge of space Tuesday, completing a on a 66-mile-high suborbital hop aboard his company’s New Shepard rocket, the latest achievement in a new era of billionaire-backed human spaceflight.

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/07/20/bezos-flies-to-space-on-blue-origins-first-crew-launch/

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Blue Origin to perform first New Shepard launch under updated license
by Jeff Foust — August 19, 2021 [SN]


New Shepard's next flight Aug. 25 will carry payloads, but not people, and will be the first under an updated FAA launch license. Credit: Blue Origin

SANTA FE, N.M. — Blue Origin will conduct its next New Shepard suborbital mission Aug. 25 with a set of research payloads, but not people, on board on the vehicle’s first flight under a revised launch license.

Blue Origin said Aug. 18 that it’s scheduled the NS-17 mission from its West Texas test site, called Launch Site One, for 9:35 a.m. Eastern Aug. 25. The flight will be the eighth for this vehicle, which is different from the one that carried the company’s first people to space on a July 20 launch.
https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-to-perform-first-new-shepard-launch-under-updated-license/

Blue Origin flies payloads on latest New Shepard flight
by Jeff Foust — August 26, 2021


The New Shepard crew capsule descends under parachutes shortly after its booster landed during the NS-17 mission Aug. 25 in West Texas. Credit: Blue Origin webcast

COLORADO SPRINGS — Blue Origin launched a New Shepard suborbital vehicle Aug. 25 on a mission carrying research and educational payloads as the company prepares for its next crewed flight.

New Shepard lifted off from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 10:31 a.m. Eastern. The launch was delayed by nearly an hour because of two holds during the countdown, first for an unspecified vehicle issue and then a nearly half-hour hold for what the company called a “payload readiness issue.”

Source: https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-flies-payloads-on-latest-new-shepard-flight/

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FAA reviewing Blue Origin safety allegations
by Jeff Foust — October 1, 2021 [SN]


An essay by a group of current and former employees claims a push by company leadership to increase the flight rate of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle "was seriously compromising flight safety," although there have been no reports of problems on any recent launches. Credit: Blue Origin

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration says it is reviewing allegations about safety issues at Blue Origin raised in an explosive essay by a group of current and former employees.

In an essay published on the website Lioness Sept. 30, the group of 21 current and former employees, most of whom are anonymous, claimed that an effort by company leadership to increase the flight rate of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle  “was seriously compromising flight safety.”

Source: https://spacenews.com/faa-reviewing-blue-origin-safety-allegations/

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Star Trek’s William Shatner to fly on next New Shepard flight
by Jeff Foust — October 4, 2021 [SN]


Actor William Shatner will be on the next New Shepard suborbital flight Oct. 12, Blue Origin said. Credit: Blue Origin

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin confirmed Oct. 4 that William Shatner, the actor best known at Capt. James T. Kirk from the original “Star Trek” TV series and movies, will fly on the company’s next New Shepard suborbital flight this month.

Shatner will join Audrey Powers, vice president of mission and flight operations at Blue Origin, on the Oct. 12 flight from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas. The company previously announced that Chris Boshuizen, co-founder of Planet, and Glen de Vries, co-founder of life sciences company Medidata Solutions, will be on the flight, lasting about 10 minutes and going to an altitude a little above 100 kilometers.
https://spacenews.com/star-treks-william-shatner-to-fly-on-next-new-shepard-flight/

Blue Origin launches second crewed New Shepard mission
by Jeff Foust — October 13, 2021 [SN]


Blue Origin’s New Shepard lifts off Oct. 134 on the NS-18 mission, the second flight of the vehicle to carry people. Credit: Blue Origin webcast

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Blue Origin launched Star Trek actor William Shatner and three others into space on a brief suborbital flight Oct. 13, the second crewed flight of the company’s New Shepard vehicle.

New Shepard lifted off from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 10:49 a.m. Eastern. The vehicle reached an estimated peak altitude of 107 kilometers before the crew capsule, RSS First Step, landed 10 minutes and 15 seconds after liftoff. The booster landed under rocket power about three minutes earlier.

Source: https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-launches-second-crewed-new-shepard-mission/

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Blue Origin astronaut dies in plane crash
by Jeff Foust — November 12, 2021 [SN]


Glen de Vries looks out the window of the Blue Origin New Shepard capsule after his Oct. 13 flight. Credit: Blue Origin

WASHINGTON — A biomedical entrepreneur who flew on Blue Origin’s second crewed suborbital spaceflight died in a plane crash Nov. 11.

Glen de Vries was one of two people on a Cessna 172 aircraft that crashed in New Jersey Nov. 11. New Jersey State Police confirmed Nov. 12 that both de Vries and Thomas Fischer, the other person on the plane, died in the crash. It wasn’t clear who was at the controls of the plane; de Vries was an instrument-rated private pilot while Fischer was a flight instructor.

Source: https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-astronaut-dies-in-plane-crash/

Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic select astronauts for future flights
by Jeff Foust — November 29, 2021 [SN]


Blue Origin’s New Shepard. seen here on an October flight, will carry six people for the first time on its next flight in December. Credit: Blue Origin webcast

WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic has selected the winner of a contest to fly on a future SpaceShipTwo suborbital flight while Blue Origin prepares for its first New Shepard launch with a full six-person crew.

Virgin Galactic announced Nov. 24 that Keisha Schahaff of Antigua won two seats in a contest the company conducted with charity fundraising platform Omaze and nonprofit Space for Humanity. Schahaff was one of 164,338 people who purchased raffle seats for the seats, raising $1.7 million for Space for Humanity’s Citizen Astronaut Program.
https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-and-virgin-galactic-select-astronauts-for-future-flights/

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Blue Origin launches first six-person New Shepard suborbital flight
by Jeff Foust — December 11, 2021 [SN]


The Blue Origin New Shepard capsule descends under parachutes near the end of the NS-19 flight Dec. 11. Credit: Blue Origin webcast

PARIS — Blue Origin launched its third crewed New Shepard suborbital mission Dec. 11, carrying six people on a brief flight to the edge of space.

The vehicle lifted off on the NS-19 mission at 10:01 a.m. Eastern from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas, after winds delayed the launch two days. The vehicle reached a peak altitude of approximately 107 kilometers before landing just over 10 minutes after liftoff.

Source: https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-launches-first-six-person-new-shepard-suborbital-flight/

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Alan Shepard’s daughter, Michael Strahan launch to space
December 10, 2021 William Harwood [SFN]


Blue Origin will launch a full crew of six to the edge of space aboard the company’s New Shepard sub-orbital spacecraft Saturday (left to right): Dylan Taylor, Lane Bess and his son Cameron, Laura Shepard Churchley, TV personality Michael Strahan and Evan Dick. Credit: Blue Origin

he other crew members are relative unknowns on the public stage, although Taylor is an active and widely respected space investor and enthusiast.

In an interview with The Miami Herald, Bess, founder of Bess Ventures and Advisory, a fund that invests in high-technology startups, said he anticipates a “Zen moment” as he soars out of the atmosphere.

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/12/10/alan-shepards-daughter-micheal-strahan-among-six-launching-to-space-saturday/