We're closing our live coverage of Monday's rocket launch, which saw Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launch its first ...

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the New Shepard is composed of ... the booster to just 6 mph for a controlled landing back on the launch pad.

The New Shepard booster is expected to return to Earth for a vertical landing on a pad near its launch site in West Texas about 7.5 minutes after liftoff, while the capsule and crew will parachute ...

The six women are also among a select few people who have ever had the opportunity to board Blue Origin's famous New Shepard spacecraft ... the capsule made a soft landing two minutes later ...

Nearly 99 per cent of the New Shepard's dry mass is reused, including the booster, capsule, ring fin, engine, landing gear, and parachutes. New Shepard's BE-3PM engine is fueled by highly ...

Passengers will experience a few minutes of microgravity before returning to Earth via parachute-assisted landing in the West Texas desert. New Shepard's launch window opens at 9:30 a.m. ET ...

00:00 - Liftoff — Max-Q — Main Engine cutoff 02:40 - Booster separation — Aerobrake deploy — Engine reignition ~10:30 - Crew capsule landing. The New Shepard booster will separate from the ...

Once the capsule makes a parachute-assisted landing in a remote area, a Blue Origin team is deployed to recover the spacecraft and pick up its passengers. The capsule of a Blue Origin New Shepard ...