NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

Mission 8

Launch Time
Sun Apr 29, 2018 17:06 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 #2
138 day turnaround
8th New Shepard recovery attempt
7th successful New Shepard recovery
7th consecutive successful New Shepard landing and recovery

Mission Details

Mission 8

New Shepard flew again for the eighth time from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. The mission featured a reflight of the vehicle flown on Mission 7. The Crew Capsule reached an apogee of 351,000 feet (66 miles, 107 kilometers) – the altitude being targeted for operations.

For the second time, Blue Origin’s test dummy “Mannequin Skywalker” flew to space to conduct astronaut telemetry and science studies. The flight also carried research payloads for NASA, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and commercial customers.

Suborbital

Location

Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA

Stats

Blue Origin

8th mission
1st mission of 2018
8th successful mission

New Shepard

8th mission
1st mission of 2018
8th successful mission