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Blue Origin certifies second capsule for suborbital space tourism flights

Blue Origin’s carried out a successful uncrewed certification mission of its second New Shepard ship on Wednesday, as the company looks to effectively

Blue Origin’s carried out a successful uncrewed certification mission of its second New Shepard ship on Wednesday, as the company looks to effectively double the number of tourists it can fly to suborbital space and back. “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new booster and a new crew capsule,” Blue Origin’s Maggie McNeece said during a launch livestream. That included two different lidar sensors for the “lunar permanence” program, and a navigation system for both New Shepard and New Glenn, Blue Origin’s first orbital rocket, which could launch before the end of the year.

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