Blue Origin’s New Shepard tests lunar tech in simulated gravity on a Texas flight Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin prepares for the 29th flight of its New Shepard rocket, set to launch from Launch Site One in West Texas.

HOUSTON — The January 28, 2025 launch of Blue Origin 's New Shepard Mission N-29 was scrubbed more than an hour after it was supposed to take off. In a post on X, Blue Origin said:

Blue Origin’s next flight will simulate the moon’s gravity and will fly 30 payloads, according to the company. The next New Shepard flight, NS-29, is scheduled for early next week. The launch window opens at 9 a.

Blue Origin will try, try again to launch its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket to orbit for the first time — if the Florida weather cooperates.

Years in the making with heavy funding by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the 320-foot rocket carried an experimental platform designed to host satellites or release them into their proper orbits.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches suborbital New Shepard rocket from Texas Blue Origin launches a suborbital New Shepard rocket from Texas without humans aboard, carrying 30 research payloads, including some for moon-related studies.