Blue Origin announces space launch next week, first since 2022 crash

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 14, 2023 12:05 am

Washington, United States: Blue Origin said on Tuesday it was aiming to launch its New Shepard suborbital rocket next week, the first mission since an uncrewed crash in September 2022 set back the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos.

'We're targeting a launch window that opens on Dec. 18 for our next New Shepard payload mission,' the company tweeted on X, adding the flight would contain 33 science and research payloads, as well as 38,000 postcards.

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