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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Blue Origin completes 12th human flight to space
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Space technology company Blue Origin successfully completed its 12th human spaceflight and the 32nd flight for the New Shepard program on Saturday morning, May 31. The launch took place from the company's facility outside of Van Horn and took a human crew to the Karman line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. The crew included: K-12 STEM teacher Aymette Medina Jorge; radiologist turned explorer Dr. Gretchen Green; former Panamanian ambassador to the United States Jaime Alemán; businessman Jesse Williams; aerospace executive Mark Rocket; and entrepreneur Paul Jeris. Including Saturday's crew, New Shepard has now flown 64 people into space — including four who have flown twice — among them scientific researchers, educators, physicians, explorers, and entrepreneurs. 'We thank our customers for trusting us to give them the opportunity to appreciate Earth's fragility from above, an experience that truly transforms those who embark on it,' said Phil Joyce, senior vice president of New Shepard. 'We look forward to seeing what our remarkable crew will do with this experience. I am proud of our team's dedication in making these moments possible.' Here is what Blue Origin said about the New Shepard program: 'Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, New Shepard is Blue Origin's fully reusable, autonomous suborbital rocket system built to fly humans and scientific payloads to space. The rocket is powered by one BE-3PM engine, which is fueled by a highly efficient and clean combination of liquid hydrogen and oxygen. During flight, the only byproduct of New Shepard's engine combustion is water vapor, with no carbon emissions.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
3 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
Blue Origin launches 6 passengers on sub-orbital trip to the edge of space
An international crew of four men and two women blasted off and rocketed to the edge of space Saturday, enjoying a few minutes of weightlessness and an out-of-this-world view before plunging back to Earth to wrap up Blue Origin's twelfth New Shepard passenger flight. "It was such an incredible ride, very moving, very spiritual," Panamanian attorney Jaime Alemán, a former ambassador to the United States, said after landing. "Even better than I ever imagined. I've been traveling, thanks to the gods, all my life, this was like the cherry on top of a cake. I mean, to go up in space and see how huge it is, you can only begin to imagine how much more there is still to discover." he New Shepard rocket and crew capsule climb away from Blue Origin's West Texas launch site on the company's 12th crewed sub-orbital space flight. Blue Origin webcast Blue Origin's hydrogen-fueled single-stage booster roared to life at 9:39 a.m. EDT and quickly climbed away from the company's West Texas launch site, accelerating to just over 2,000 mph before releasing the New Shepard spacecraft. The crew capsule, equipped with the largest windows of any operational spaceship, continued coasting up to an altitude of nearly 65 miles, just above the internationally recognized boundary between the discernible atmosphere and space, before beginning the descent to landing. At the moment the capsule was released, its three American passengers — Aymette Medina Jorge, Gretchen Green and Paul Jeris — along with Alemán, Canadian Jesse Williams and New Zealand's Mark Rocket, began enjoying about three minutes of weightlessness as they coasted upwards. The New Shepard single-stage rocket flew itself back to landing near its launch pad for refurbishment and work to ready the vehicle for its next flight. Blue Origin webcast The reusable New Shepard booster, meanwhile, also continued upward before slowing and beginning its on tail-first descent. Seven minutes after liftoff, the rocket's BE-3 engine re-ignited, four landing legs deployed and the booster settled to a picture-perfect touchdown on a landing pad near the launch site. The gumdrop-shaped New Shepard capsule took a more leisurely flight home, descending under three large parachutes to touchdown in the West Texas desert 10 minutes after liftoff. "You guys, we did it!" one of the passengers exclaimed. Passenger Gretchen Green celebrates her trip to space after touchdown in the West Texas desert. Blue Origin webcast Blue Origin has now launched 12 passenger flights since the sub-orbital spacecraft carried Amazon- and Blue Origin-founder Jeff Bezos and three others aloft in July 2021. The company has now launched 68 passengers, including four who have flown twice. Blue Origin and its passengers do not reveal how much it costs to fly aboard a New Shepard, but it's estimated to cost upwards of $500,000 per seat. Jorge's seat was sponsored by Farmacias Similares, a Mexican company focused on accessible healthcare across Latin America. Her crewmates presumably paid for their own tickets. Blue Origin has had the sub-orbital passenger market to itself since June 2024 when competitor Virgin Galactic, founded by entrepreneur Richard Branson, retired its original rocketplane to focus on building two upgraded Delta-class spacecraft. Virgin is expected to resume flights next year.
India Today
3 days ago
- Business
- India Today
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin launches six customers on tourist flight to space
Blue Origin, the private space company founded by Jeff Bezos, successfully launched its NS-32 mission on Saturday, May 31, 2025, carrying six crew members on a brief but exhilarating journey to the edge of mission, which lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas at 9:30 a.m. ET, marked the 32nd flight of the reusable New Shepard rocket and the company's 12th human spaceflight. advertisementThe NS-32 mission came weeks after the company launched an all-women celebrity crew to the edge of space and returned. The NS-32 crew represented a diverse mix of backgrounds and achievements, showing the growing accessibility of commercial space the passengers were Aymette Medina Jorge, a celebrated STEM educator from Texas; Dr. Gretchen Green, a radiologist and explorer; Jaime Alemn, a Panamanian attorney and diplomat; entrepreneur Paul Jeris; New Zealand aerospace executive Mark Rocket; and Canadian adventurer Jesse brought their own unique story and passion for space, with Jorge's seat sponsored by Farmacias Similares to promote Hispanic representation in STEM suborbital flight lasted approximately 11 minutes, propelling the crew above the Krmn line—the internationally recognised boundary of space at 100 kilometers altitude. NS-32 crew returns from space. (Photo: Blue origin) advertisementDuring their brief time in microgravity, the crew experienced several minutes of weightlessness and breathtaking views of Earth before the capsule safely parachuted back to the West Texas Origin streamed the launch live, offering viewers a front-row seat to the excitement and emotion of spaceflight. The mission patch for NS-32 incorporated symbols representing each crew member's background, from STEM advocacy to global the successful completion of NS-32, Blue Origin continues to solidify its role in the burgeoning space tourism industry. The company has now flown dozens of private citizens and celebrities, furthering its vision of making space accessible to the New Shepard rocket returned safely to Earth, the latest crew joined a growing community of civilian astronauts, proving that the dream of spaceflight is more achievable than ever Watch
