Blue Origin launches 38th New Shepard flight into space

Blue Origin successfully launched its 38th New Shepard flight into space on Thursday. 

The flight took off from West Texas before landing safely roughly 10 minutes later. 

"We just completed our 38th flight of the New Shepard program and the first of 2026," Blue Origin wrote on its website. "New Shepard has now flown 98 humans (92 individuals) into space."

Blue Origin said the crew of New Shepard Mission NS-38 includes Tim Drexler, a helicopter and airline pilot and former CEO of Ace Asphalt; Linda Edwards...