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Blue Origin prepares for first crewed flight of 2026

Mission Highlight: NS-38 Blue Origin is scheduled to return to human spaceflight with its NS-38 mission on Thursday, Jan. 22.
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Six people set to fly on Blue Origin NS-38 suborbital mission

Blue Origin plans to launch six people on its NS-38 New Shepard suborbital mission from West Texas on January 22, 2026.

Blue Origin makes impressive strides with reuse—next launch will refly booster

However, the update from Blue Origin appears to have buried the real news toward the end: “The mission follows the successful ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to auction 1 ticket for first space tourism flight

KENT, Wash. -- Blue Origin - after spending more than six years developing its space tourism rocket, New Shepard - has finally set a date for its first commercial passenger mission, July 20, and ...
The Daily News Online

Blue Origin completes first space flight with wheelchair user

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers. The flight ...