Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says its next suborbital spaceflight is set for Aug. 29, with a space researcher and a college senior among the mission’s six spacefliers.
Next week’s launch of a reusable New Shepard rocket ship from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas will mark the company’s eighth crewed mission, and boost its roll call of suborbital space travelers to 43. The launch window will open at 8 a.m. CT (6 a.m. PT) on the appointed day, and live coverage of the mission will be streamed via Blue Origin’s website starting at T-minus-40 minutes.
New Shepard’s crewed flights resumed in May, more than a year and a half after the failure of an uncrewed mission in 2022 led to a months-long investigation of the incident and a redesign of spacecraft components.
