Successful test flights were carried out in anticipation of the 2017 launch of Blue Origin’s passenger-carrying spacecraft. If you’ve always dreamed of experiencing the delights of space, then this dream could become a reality sooner than you ever imagined with thanks to the spaceflight services company. President of Blue Origin, Rob Meyerson, said “This test got us one step closer to human spaceflight. We’re still on track for flying people – our test astronauts – by the end of 2017 and then starting commercial flights in 2018.”
There have now been five successful test flights carried out using that same New Shepard booster and to mark its success, the booster will now retire to a museum somewhere (which is still to be decided by Jeff Bezos). As well as testing out the New Shepard, Blue Origin has also been busy developing a spacecraft called New Glenn that will transport people and satellites into orbit, and another called New Armstrong, but details remain a secret for the last project.
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