Blue OriginBlue Origin has successfully launched its New Shepard rocket for an 11th time, as it moves ever closer to conducting paid space tourism flights with humans on board. On top of the rocket was the crew capsule that Blue Origin hopes will start taking humans to space by the end of the year. It’s unclear how many more test flights like this will be needed before human launches can occur – indeed, Blue Origin has not even started selling tickets for launches yet. Blue Origin has grander ambitions too. It is also developing an orbital rocket called New Glenn, which it hopes to launch for the first time in 2021.

Source: Forbes May 02, 2019 14:00 UTC