Fortunately, the crew capsule’s successful ejection and safe return to Earth indicated the effectiveness of the onboard safety systems.
Despite the setbacks, Blue Origin still has ambitions in the space sector.
Blue Origin
Founded by Jeff Bezos, the space agency opened in 2000.
The company, headquartered in Kent, Washington, initially focused on sub-orbital spaceflight services to develop cost-effective, reliable, and reusable launch vehicles.
It has sent 25 civilians to space in five sub-orbital missions as of June 2022. It is important to note that Blue Origin has not yet sent people into orbit around the Earth.
They have been contracted by NASA to develop, test and deploy its Blue Moon landing system for the agency’s Artemis V mission, which explores the Moon and prepares future manned missions to Mars.
Blue Origin currently boasts two launch vehicles, namely the suborbital New Shepard, named after Alan Shepard, the first American in space. And New Glenn, named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth.
