NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

NS-13

Launch Time
Tue Oct 13, 2020 13:36 UTC

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

Vehicles

North Landing Pad

NS3

Flight #7
307 day turnaround
13th New Shepard recovery attempt
12th successful New Shepard recovery
12th consecutive successful New Shepard landing and recovery

Mission Details

NS-13

New Shepard launched 12 commercial payloads to space and back on this mission, including the Deorbit, Descent, and Landing Sensor Demonstration with NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate under a Tipping Point partnership. This is the first payload to fly mounted on the exterior of a New Shepard booster rather than inside the capsule, opening the door to a wide range of future high-altitude sensing, sampling, and exposure payloads.

Suborbital

Location

Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA

Stats

Blue Origin

13th mission
1st mission of 2020
13th successful mission

New Shepard

13th mission
1st mission of 2020
13th successful mission