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Unlike other uncrewed New Shepard flights, NS-15 did not carry science experiments as cargo, as the flight was a crew flight exercise. The only payloads on board were a mannequin, dubbed "Mannequin Skywalker", which was outfitted with various sensors to monitor the environment inside the crew capsule and the effects on the body for crewed missions.
Blue Origin NS-27 was an uncrewed sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, launched on 23 October 2024 using the New Shepard rocket. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Previously, a 7 October launch attempt was called off after rocket issues and a subsequent attempt on 13 October foiled by a GPS issue.
Blue Origin NS-20 Mission type Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight Mission duration 10 minutes, 4 seconds Apogee 107 km (66 mi) Spacecraft properties Spacecraft RSS First Step Manufacturer Blue Origin Crew Crew size 6 Members Marty Allen Sharon Hagle Marc Hagle Jim Kitchen George Nield Gary Lai Start of mission Launch date 31 March 2022, 13:57:55 UTC Rocket New Shepard (NS4) Launch site Corn Ranch ...
RSS First Step is the third New Shepard capsule built by Blue Origin, and the first designed to carry passengers. It flew to space for the first time on 14 January 2021, during the NS-14 spaceflight. It flew to space for the first time on 14 January 2021, during the NS-14 spaceflight.
Blue Origin, founded in 2000, is the brainchild of Amazon CEO Bezos who envisions the company as a regular provider of space transport for both cargo and crew and a major player in making humanity ...
Thirty stories tall with a reusable first stage, New Glenn launched at 2:03 a.m. ET (0703 GMT) from Blue Origin's launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, its seven BE-4 engines ...
Blue Origin NS-17 was an uncrewed sub-orbital spaceflight mission of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, which launched on 26 August 2021. It was New Shepards 4th flight in 2021. It was also Blue Origin's 17th overall flight to go into space. [1] [2]
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off from the company's launch site in West Texas on March 31, 2022. The mission carried five paying passengers and Gary Lai, New Shepard's chief architect ...