For the first time, Blue Origin put its New Shepard suborbital rocket ship through a couple of minutes' worth of moon-level ...

Related: New Shepard: Rocket for space tourism During the flight, the capsule created "lunar gravity forces" — a first for a ...

While New Shepard is best known as a space tourist vehicle, 19 of its 28 flights to date have been uncrewed. The reusable rocket-capsule combo last flew people on Nov. 22, a mission that sent "The ...

It follows in the steps of New Shepard, Blue Origin's first rocket which was named for Alan Shepard, the first American in space. Standing 320 feet (98 meters) tall -- roughly equivalent to a 32 ...

New Shepard is a reusable rocket-capsule combo named after Alan Shepard, the first American to reach space. The vehicle is best known for carrying paying customers on brief trips to suborbital space.

Watch live as Jeff Bezos’ New Origin launches the New Shepard rocket. The mission, known as NS-29, will simulate the moon's ...