Blue Origin's New Shepard set off from West Texas, launching six passengers into space on a sub-orbital flight that lasted approximately 11 minutes from lift-off to landing. | NBC News

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launched the NS-36 crew from Launch Site One in West Texas on Oct. 8, 2025. Full Story👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/UvcpOS The crew included Jeff Elgin, Danna Karagussova, Dr. Clint Kelly III, Aaron Newman, Vitalii Ostrovsky, and Will Lewis, whose identity was revealed after the launch. Credit: Blue Origin | Space.com

Blue Origin has launched its New Shepard rocket at 8:40am CDT / 13:40 UTC from its Launch Site One in West Texas. The NS-36 mission is the company’s 15th crewed flight, and sent six passengers to suborbital space just past the Kármán Line. Nearly eight minutes after launch, the booster autonomously returned to the landing pad for a soft touch down. A short time after that, the capsule also safely returned to planet Earth under three healthy parachutes. This marks New Shepard’s eighth mission of

That New Shepard landing is always so cool to see.🔥🤩🚀 📹Blue Origin #space #SpaceExploration #launch #BlueOrigin #photography | Space FrontPage