The Soviet Union’s answer to NASA’s Saturn V was the N-1, a monstrous moon rocket that never made it off the ground. Rushed, flawed, and plagued with failures, the N-1’s catastrophic ...

but she did become a spokesperson for the Soviet Union, NASA said. Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, New Shepard is Blue Origin’s fully reusable suborbital rocket ...

Blue Origin's next spaceflight is set to make history and will include celebrities such as Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez and Gayle King.