Much changed on Earth and in space during 2022. In July the James Webb Telescope, the largest optical telescope in space, delighted the world with stunning infrared images, revealing the most detailed view ever of the Universe. After a series of stalled attempts,...
Blue Origin’s New Shepard uncrewed suborbital vehicle suffered a failure on its booster rocket just one minute after its launch on 12 September. New Shepard lifted off normally at 14:27 GMT from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas. The company has not...
After a brief delay Blue Origin has successfully launched its sixth crewed sub-orbital flight. The launch took place at 1357 GMT on 4 August. New Shepard flight NS-22 carried six passengers to an apogee of 347,585 ft – 106 km AGL (Above Ground Level) and 351,232...
Blue Origin successfully launched its suborbital vehicle New Shepard NS-21 from Texas, USA at 1325 GMT on 4 June 2022. The crewed vehicle carried six people – actually participants rather than a crew – on its autonomous mission to suborbital space and...
On 31 March a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket and capsule on flight NS-20 launched from the Earth (“Launch Site One” in West Texas) at 1358 GMT on 31 March. It carried six space travellers. All six (five fare paying) humans were safely recovered to Earth...
During the Satellite 2022 conference we were provided with plans for this year from some American launch providers. Rocket Lab The American small launch provider Rocket Lab – who primarily launches out of New Zealand – announced that it hopes to...
