NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

Mission 3

Launch Time
Fri Jan 22, 2016 13:00 UTC

First reflight of a New Shepard rocket.

Rocket

New Shepard
Image Credit: Blue Origin
Blue Origin
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 490 kN
Payload to LEO: 0 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 18.0 m
Details

Vehicles

North Landing Pad

NS2

Flight #2
60 day turnaround
3rd New Shepard recovery attempt
2nd successful New Shepard recovery
2nd consecutive successful New Shepard landing and recovery
Manifest

Mission Details

Mission 3

Mission 3 was a test flight of New Shepard and a prototype Crew Capsule designed for space tourism. The capsule reached an apogee of 333,582 feet, 101.7 kilometers. Both vehicles were successfully recovered.

Suborbital

Location

Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA

Wiki

Stats

Blue Origin

3rd mission
1st mission of 2016
3rd successful mission

New Shepard

3rd mission
1st mission of 2016
3rd successful mission