NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

Mission 7

Launch Time
Tue Dec 12, 2017 16:59 UTC

First flight of NS3.

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 #1
7th New Shepard recovery attempt
6th successful New Shepard recovery
6th consecutive successful New Shepard landing and recovery

Mission Details

Mission 7

New Shepard flew again for the seventh time from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. The mission featured the next-generation booster and the first flight of Crew Capsule 2.0. Crew Capsule 2.0 features large windows, measuring 2.4 feet wide and 3.6 feet tall. Mission 7 also included 12 commercial, research, and education payloads as well as Mannequin Skywalker, a Mannequin with sensors to verify New Shepard's safety for human passengers.

Suborbital

Location

Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA

Stats

Blue Origin

7th mission
1st mission of 2017
7th successful mission

New Shepard

7th mission
1st mission of 2017
7th successful mission