Jeff Bezos' space startup,&nbsp;Blue Origin, will resume crewed rocket launches this morning after a two-year pause. The&nbsp;New Shepard rocket, carrying six passengers, will lift off from the company's launch facilities&nbsp;in Van Horn, Texas, at approximately 8:30 a.m. CT (9:30 a.m. ET).

This flight will be&nbsp;New Shepard's first crewed mission since&nbsp;August 2022. The company was forced to suspend launches after an uncrewed New Shepard vehicle suffered a mid-flight engine problem in&nbsp;September 2022. In December 2023, the launch vehicle successfully completed an&nbsp;uncrewed mission, carrying dozens of&nbsp;science and research payloads to space.&nbsp;

Today's crew includes six private passengers, including&nbsp;Ed Dwight, a former Air Force captain and first&nbsp;Black astronaut candidate in 1961.&nbsp;

"New Shepard is vertical on the pad." 
{ai:summary}<p>Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launches crewed mission after two-year hiatus. Six passengers on board from Van Horn, Texas. Ed Dwight, first Black astronaut candidate, among the private passengers. #science</p>

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