

Its capability to provide precise and soft landings will enable a sustained human presence on the Moon.

On May 9, 2019, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos announced the nonprofit Club for the Future to inspire youth to pursue careers in STEM as well as help visualize life in space.īlue Moon is a flexible lander delivering a wide variety of small, medium and large payloads to the lunar surface. Blue also announced it can meet the current Administration's goal of putting Americans on the Moon by 2024 with the Blue Moon lunar lander. On May 9, 2019, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos announced Blue Moon, its large lunar lander capable of delivering multiple metric tons of payload to the lunar surface based on configuration and mission. The New Shepard Crew Capsule lands back in the West Texas Desert with Blue Origin's 100th commercial payload customer on board and thousands of Club for the Future postcards on December 11, 2019. The New Shepard Crew Capsule descends under parachutes during NS-12 on December 11, 2019. The New Shepard booster lands after this vehicle's 6th consecutive flight on December 11, 2019. New Shepard lifts off on its 12th mission on December 11, 2019. The Blue Origin National Team integrated lander vehicle The Blue Origin National Team crewed lander arrives on the surface of the Moon. The National Team's engineering mockup of the crew lander vehicle at NASA Johnson Space Center's (JSC) iconic Building 9.

New Shepard booster undergoing integration and testing of the sensor experiment at Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. The New Shepard crew capsule outfitted with astronaut experience upgrades lands at Launch Site One. The New Shepard NS-14 booster lands at Launch Site One in West Texas. Mannequin Skywalker flew onboard the New Shepard Mission NS-14 crew capsule outfitted with six seats and astronaut experience upgrades. New Shepard NS-14 lifts off from Launch Site One in West Texas. Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, inspects the booster on the landing pad after a successful NS-15 flight and landing. (April 14, 2021)īlue Origin's Gary Lai in front of the New Shepard Crew Capsule after completing astronaut recovery rehearsals during Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)īlue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts during Mission NS-15 pose in front of the New Shepard Crew Capsule after a successful mission. (April 14, 2021)īlue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts celebrate during crew capsule recovery rehearsals on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)īlue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts egress the capsule during crew recovery rehearsals on Mission NS-15. (April 14, 2021)īlue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts rehearse crew recovery procedures on Mission NS-15. New Shepard Crew Capsule lands in the West Texas desert after a successful mission to space.

New Shepard Crew Capsule descends from space on Mission NS-15. The New Shepard booster on the landing pad after Mission NS-15's successful mission. The New Shepard booster lands after Mission NS-15's successful mission to space. Mission NS-15 lifts off from Launch Site One in West Texas. Seats in the New Shepard crew capsule have been designed to flex and absorb g-forces in the unlikely event of an off-nominal landing.īlue Origin's Audrey Powers simulates astronaut ingress on New Shepard Mission NS-15. With room for six astronauts, the spacious and pressurized crew capsule is environmentally controlled for comfort and every passenger gets their own window seat.
