Status
Suborbital
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
North Landing Pad
NS3
Flight #3
80 day turnaround
9th New Shepard recovery attempt
8th successful New Shepard recovery
8th consecutive successful New Shepard landing and recovery
Mission Details
Mission 9 (Inflight Escape Test)
Mission 9 featured an intentional ignition of the escape motor shortly after separation of the New Shepard capsule. This was to verify that the crew would be able to escape at all points during the flight. The booster and capsule were both recovered successfully.
Suborbital
Location
Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA
Stats
Blue Origin
9th mission
2nd mission of 2018
9th successful mission
New Shepard
9th mission
2nd mission of 2018
9th successful mission