Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and spacecraft completed its moon-gravity mission, but the capsule appeared to have a slight ...

Blue Origin just launched a first-of-its kind mission to suborbital space. The company, which was founded by Amazon's Jeff ...

The New Shepard mission is far from the first to carry scientific payloads to the edge of space, but it was the first to ...

Partners use Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket to test out technologies bound for the moon—without actually sending them there ...

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

American private space company Blue Origin managed to simulate the gravity of the Moon for about two minutes during New Shepard flight ...

Launch of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket system on Feb. 4, 2025. During the flight test, the capsule at the top ...

but it was the first to mimic the moon's gravity. The gravitational pull of the lunar surface is about 1/6 that of Earth's, meaning a person who weighs about 100 pounds would feel closer to just ...