Editing Blue Origin (section)

=== New Shepard ===
{{Main|New Shepard}}
[[New Shepard]] is a [[Reusable launch vehicle|fully reusable]] [[Sub-orbital spaceflight|suborbital]] [[launch vehicle]] developed for [[space tourism]]. The vehicle is named after [[Alan Shepard]], the first American astronaut in space. The vehicle is capable of [[VTVL|vertical takeoff and landings]] and can carry humans and customer payloads to the [[edge of space]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2022 |title=Blue Origin launches six thrill seekers to the edge of space – CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-origin-launches-six-thrill-seekers-to-the-edge-of-space/ |access-date=July 18, 2023 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718022203/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-origin-launches-six-thrill-seekers-to-the-edge-of-space/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The New Shepard is a [[rocket]] that consists of a [[Booster (rocketry)|booster rocket]] and a crew capsule. The capsule can be configured to house up to six [[passenger]]s, [[cargo]], or a combination of both. The [[Booster (rocketry)|booster]] rocket is powered by one [[BE-3]]PM engine, which sends the capsule to an apogee ([[Sub-orbital spaceflight|Sub-Orbital]]) of {{convert|100.5|km|mi}} and flies above the [[Kármán line]], where passengers and cargo can experience a few minutes of [[weightlessness]] before the capsule returns to [[Earth]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 12, 2018 |title=Three minutes of microgravity is worth the cost of a small house, if you're a scientist |url=https://qz.com/1174480/blue-origins-new-shepard-and-virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-put-science-in-space-for-three-minutes-and-thats-a-game-changer |access-date=July 14, 2023 |website=Quartz |language=en |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629201344/https://qz.com/1174480/blue-origins-new-shepard-and-virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-put-science-in-space-for-three-minutes-and-thats-a-game-changer |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Watch Blue Origin New Shepard-22 Launch! (Full Flight) | date=August 4, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbFXy30hUmA |access-date=July 14, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714153416/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbFXy30hUmA |url-status=live }}</ref>

The launch vehicle is designed to be fully reusable, with the capsule returning to Earth via three [[parachute]]s and a [[solid-propellant rocket|solid rocket motor]]. The booster lands vertically on the same launchpad it took off from. The company has successfully launched and landed the [[New Shepard]] [[launch vehicle]] 26 times with 1 partial failure (deemed successful) and 1 failure. The launch vehicle has a length of {{convert|19.2|m|ft}}, a diameter of {{convert|3.8|m|ft}} and a launch mass of {{convert|75|ST|lb kg}}. The [[BE-3]]PM engine produces 490&nbsp;kN of thrust at [[takeoff]]. The New Shepard allows the company to significantly reduce the cost of [[space tourism]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Eric M. |last2=Shepardson |first2=David |date=July 12, 2021 |title=U.S. approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-approves-blue-origin-license-human-space-travel-ahead-bezos-flight-2021-07-12/ |access-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601165703/https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-approves-blue-origin-license-human-space-travel-ahead-bezos-flight-2021-07-12/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Frąckiewicz |first=Marcin |date=March 8, 2023 |title=The Economic Impacts of Blue Origin's Spaceflights |url=https://ts2.space/en/the-economic-impacts-of-blue-origins-spaceflights/ |access-date=July 14, 2023 |website=TS2 SPACE |language=en-US |archive-date=July 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717231634/https://ts2.space/en/the-economic-impacts-of-blue-origins-spaceflights/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On the morning of February 25, 2025, Blue Origin launched its 10th space tourism mission and sent six paying passengers to suborbital space. This was the company's tenth human flight, and its 30th overall flight of New Shepard.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wall|first=Mike|date=2025-02-25 |title=Blue Origin launches 'Perfect 10' space tourists on New Shepard rocket|url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/watch-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-launch-10th-space-tourism-flight-today|website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref>