Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches NS-15 in preparation for future manned missions
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The mission, which blasted off from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in Van Horn, Texas, served as a "verification step" as the company works towards sending its first human passengers to space.
Wednesday's mission, which blasted off from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in Van Horn, Texas, served as a "verification step" as the company works towards sending its first human passengers to space. In this image from video made available by Blue Origin, the New Shepard capsule uses parachutes to land during a test in West Texas on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP) Like previous New Shepard flight tests, NS-15 did not include any passengers. Instead, it contained the company's test dummy "Mannequin Skywalker", along with 25,000 postcards from Club for the Future, a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring younger generations to pursue careers in STEM.More Related News