NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

NS-20

Launch Time
Thu Mar 31, 2022 13:58 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

NS4

Flight #6
110 day turnaround
20th New Shepard recovery attempt
19th successful New Shepard recovery
19th consecutive successful New Shepard landing and recovery

Mission Details

NS-20

Marty Allen, Sharon and Marc Hagle, Jim Kitchen, Dr. George Nield, and Gary Lai flew aboard New Shepard. Gary Lai was the Senior Director and Chief Architect of the New Shepard launch system, and one of Blue Origin's 20 founding employees. He was invited as a guest and did not pay for the flight.

After the powered phase performed by the booster, the crew experienced roughly three minutes of weightlessness before the capsule began to reenter the atmosphere. Once in low atmosphere, the capsule deployed parachutes and landed softly in the Texas desert.

Payloads: 1
Suborbital

Location

Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA

Stats

Blue Origin

20th mission
1st mission of 2022
20th successful mission

New Shepard

20th mission
1st mission of 2022
20th successful mission