NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

NS-15

Launch Time
Wed Apr 14, 2021 16:51 UTC

Rocket

New Shepard
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

NS4

Flight #2
90 day turnaround
15th New Shepard recovery attempt
14th successful New Shepard recovery
14th consecutive successful New Shepard landing and recovery
Manifest

Mission Details

NS-15

The NS-15 was an uncrewed test flight to verify that the launch vehicle and capsule are ready for crewed spaceflight. Before and after the launch, a crew boarded the spacecraft to simulate events that would occur during a real crewed flight.

Suborbital

Location

Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA

Wiki

Stats

Blue Origin

15th mission
2nd mission of 2021
15th successful mission

New Shepard

15th mission
2nd mission of 2021
15th successful mission