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Blue Origin announced on Jan. 30, 2026, that it will pause New Shepard flights for at least two years. The company, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is instead redirecting resources to lunar spaceflight. New Shepard is a reusable spaceflight system designed for vertical landings. It has completed 38 flights and carried 98 people aboveContinue reading “Blue Origin pauses New Shepard, shoots for the Moon”
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