Blue Origin, the secretive private spaceflight company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, will begin suborbital flight tests this year of an innovative new spaceship — a milestone made possible by the firm's rocket engine success.
Blue Origin president Rob Meyerson told reporters that the company will fly unmanned suborbital tests of its New Shepard spacecraft later in 2015. The shakedown cruises are aimed at testing the performance and reusability of the commercial launch system's BE-3 rocket engine, which Blue Origin has cleared for suborbital flight.
"We're not releasing a flight date yet, but it will be later this year," Meyerson said in a teleconference. "It's soon."
Blue Origin president Rob Meyerson told reporters that the company will fly unmanned suborbital tests of its New Shepard spacecraft later in 2015. The shakedown cruises are aimed at testing the performance and reusability of the commercial launch system's BE-3 rocket engine, which Blue Origin has cleared for suborbital flight.
"We're not releasing a flight date yet, but it will be later this year," Meyerson said in a teleconference. "It's soon."
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