NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

Mission 2

Launch Time
Mon Nov 23, 2015 17:21 UTC

First successful landing of a New Shepard booster.

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

NS2

Flight #1
2nd New Shepard recovery attempt
1st successful New Shepard recovery
1st consecutive successful New Shepard landing and recovery

Mission Details

Mission 2

Mission 2 was a test flight of New Shepard and a prototype Crew Capsule designed for space tourism. The capsule reached an apogee of 330,000 feet. Both vehicles were successfully recovered.

Suborbital

Location

Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA

Stats

Blue Origin

2nd mission
3rd mission of 2015
2nd successful mission

New Shepard

2nd mission
2nd mission of 2015
2nd successful mission