New Shepard

Status

Suborbital

Success

NS-17

Launch Time
Thu Aug 26, 2021 14:31 UTC

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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

NS3

Flight #8

317 day turnaround

17th New Shepard recovery attempt

16th successful New Shepard recovery

16th consecutive successful New Shepard landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

NS-17

New Shepard flew a NASA lunar landing technology demonstration for a second time on the exterior of the booster, 18 commercial payloads inside the crew capsule, 11 of which are NASA-supported, and an art installation on the exterior of the capsule.

Suborbital

Location

Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA

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Stats

Blue Origin

17th mission

4th mission of 2021

17th successful mission

17th mission

4th mission of 2021

17th successful mission