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Commercial Suborbital Spaceflight
Blue Origin's autonomous vertical-launch New Shepard and Virgin Galactic's piloted air-launched VSS Unity created distinct operational paths for private passengers, researchers, educators, and professional crew to experience suborbital spaceflight.
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Commercial Suborbital Spaceflight vehicles
4 mission-specific spacecraft and test articles, plus 0 launch systems and shared hardware records.
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Reusable autonomous vertical-launch suborbital systemJanuary 22, 2026New Shepard
New Shepard is Blue Origin's reusable autonomous suborbital human-spaceflight system.
Air-launched rocket-powered suborbital spaceplaneJuly 26, 2018VSS Unity
VSS Unity was Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo vehicle and the spacecraft used for the company's first 12 successful crewed spaceflights.
Air-launched rocket-powered suborbital spaceplaneOctober 4, 2004SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne was a privately funded reusable suborbital spaceplane designed by Burt Rutan and Scaled Composites and funded by Paul Allen.
Air-launched rocket-powered SpaceShipTwo test vehicleOctober 31, 2014VSS Enterprise
VSS Enterprise was the first SpaceShipTwo vehicle.