as a rocket engine supplier for others via a contractual agreement to build a new large rocket engine, the BE-4, for major US launch system operator United Launch Alliance (ULA). Blue Origin said the "BE-4 would be 'ready for flight' by 2017." By 2015, Blue Origin had announced plans to also manufacture and fly its orbital launch vehicle, known as the New Glenn, from the Florida Space Coast. had been expected to complete engine qualification testing by late 2018. However, by August 2021, the flight engines for ULA have still not been qualified. Although, some setbacks had happened, Blue will have its qualification engine performance test from Launch Site One to deliver the data to ULA more than 6 weeks before Vulcan Centaur is ready for lift off. Delays of Vulcan Centaur are not solely because of Blue Origin. Two other companies payloads were late to the Space Force Complex and ULA's own qualification of Centaur V have not been completed. Although the dates have been pushed back, this is in an effort on all parties to get the best results out of a successful Rocket Launch. ULA's Rocket Launch is scheduled for Thursday, May 4th, 2023. New Shepard performed six crewed flights between July 2021 and August 2022, taking a mix of sponsored celebrities such as Wally Funk and William Shatner, and paying customers. New Shepard ticket sales brought in $50 million through to June 2022. On September 2022, an uncrewed mission of the New Shepard failed due to the failure of the BE-3 main engine. The launch escape system triggered and the capsule landed safely. The remaining New Shepard vehicles were grounded pending an FAA investigation into the incident. Launch Vehicles New Shepard Blue Origin's uses suborbital spaceflight and makes money from Tourism launches from Launch Site One. New Shepard is composed of two vehicles, a crew capsule and a rocket booster with 1 BE-4 engine. New Shepard lifts off and after gaining enough speed and attitude to pass the Kármán line, the booster along with the rocket separate during flight. After separation, the booster is designed to return to Earth to perform a vertical landing while the crew capsule follows a separate trajectory, passes the Kármán line and then returns to Earth and parachutes are used for a soft landing. The Booster lands first, followed by the crew capsule less than 5 minutes later. The landing occurs