Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua oti i tētahi kamupene mokowā. nā te kaiwhakarewa o Amazon.com a Jeff Bezos te mahi i runga i tētahi pūkaha rokiroki mō tētahi waka ā-ao. I huaina ko Blue Origin, e matapaetia ana e te kamupene kia tīmata ngā whakamātautau rere i tēnei tau. Ko te waka ā-ao e kiia nei ko New Shepard, i hangaia hei rere i te toru.. tangata me/ranei he ranunga o ngā pāhihi me ngā uta ki ngā teitei. e pā ana ki te 62 maero (100 km) ki runga ake i te Ao. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ka kawea e te pūnaha New Shepard ngā kaipāho ā-ao ki te mokowā i runga i ngā haerenga ā-roto, ā, kei te whakawhanake hoki te kamupene i tētahi waka ā-roto, e whakaaturia ana i konei. Ka whakarewahia mai i Blue. Ko te whare o Origin i Te Hau-ā-uru o Texas e tata ana ki Van Horn, Texas, ki te tonga-rawhiti o. Ko El Paso. Kua oti te whakamātautau me te whanaketanga o te pūkaha rocket, i huaina ko BE-3,. te tohu nui whakamutunga i mua i te pūkaha waiwai-te hāora-me te hauwai waiwai-ka whakauruhia ki te New. Ko te capsule Shepard mo te rere, i kii te Perehitini o Blue Origin a Rob Meyerson ki nga kairipoata i runga i te waea huihuinga. Kāore te kamupene tūmataiti a Blue Origin i tīmata ki te hoko tīkiti mō ngā rerenga i New Shepard, kāore anō hoki i whakaputa i ngā mōhiohio utu. 'Kua rite te pūkaha mō te rere... ā, kua rite hoki mō ētahi atu... kaiwhakamahi arumoni,' i kī a Meyerson. I whakakahoretia e ia te whakatakoto ake i te wā e rere ai te New Shepard, engari ko te 'tere' anake. Ka kawea e te pūnaha New Shepard ngā kaipāho ā-ao ki te mokowā i runga i ngā haerenga ā-roto. Kei roto i te waka New Shepard he Crew Capsule e kawe ana i nga kaipupuri whetu e toru neke atu ranei i runga ake i te Rocket-powered Propulsion Module motuhake, i whakarewahia mai i te waahi whakarewatanga o Te Uru o Texas. Whai muri i te tangohanga, ka tere ake nga waka honohono mo te rua me te hawhe meneti. Na ka whakaweto i te Module Propulsion ona miihini rocket ka wehe mai i te Crew Capsule. Ka oti i te Kōwae Whakatere tana rerenga, ka heke ki te Ao, ā, ka mahi takitahi i tētahi taunga poutū e akiakihia ana e te pūkaha. Ka haere tonu te Crew Capsule ki te takutai ki te pito o te mokowā, e whakarato ana i ngā kaipāho rererangi ki te tirohanga ki te kōpiko o te Ao me te ataahua o tō tātou aorangi. Whai muri i te heke me te urunga anō ki te hau o te Ao, ka tau te kapa Crew i raro i ngā paraihe e tata ana ki...
I hangaia te waka ā-ao Shepard hou hei kawe i te tokotoru tangata. Ka eke ki ngā taumata e 62 maero (100 km) ki runga ake i te Ao. I tūmanakohia e te kamupene kia hokona ngā tīkiti tūruhi mō tōna waka ā-ao.