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New Shepard

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Blue Origin pauses New Shepard flights for at least two years — Static01.nyt.com

Blue Origin pauses New Shepard flights for at least two years

Blue Origin announced on Friday that it will pause launches of its New Shepard suborbital rocket for at least two years to focus on work for NASA’s upcoming moon missions. New Shepard flights have lifted off from the company’s site in West Texas. The small, reusable New Shepard

German Paraplegic Engineer Becomes First Wheelchair User on Blue Origin Suborbital Flight — Static01.nyt.com

German Paraplegic Engineer Becomes First Wheelchair User on Blue Origin Suborbital Flight

Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old paraplegic aerospace engineer from Germany, became the first wheelchair user to travel on a suborbital flight when she rode Blue Origin’s New Shepard from West Texas on Saturday. The fully automated capsule launched at 8:15 a.m. local time and the roughly 10-minute mission