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Next Mission:
NS-29
Launch Date:
2/4/2025, 3:30:00 PM
Launch Site:
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch,
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
NS-29 will simulate the Moon’s gravity and fly 30 payloads, all but one of which is focused on testing lunar-related technologies. The payloads will experience at least two minutes of lunar gravity forces, a first for New Shepard and made possible in part through support from NASA. The flight will test six broad lunar technology areas: In-situ resource utilization, dust mitigation, advanced habitation systems, sensors and instrumentation, small spacecraft technologies, and entry descent and landing. Proving out these technologies at lower cost is another step toward Blue Origin’s mission to lower the cost of access to space for the benefit of Earth. It also enables NASA and other lunar surface technology providers to test innovations critical to achieving Artemis program goals and exploring the Moon’s surface. The New Shepard crew capsule is using its Reaction Control System (RCS) to spin up to approximately 11 revolutions per minute. This spin rate simulates one-sixth Earth gravity at the midpoint of the crew capsule lockers. In simulated lunar gravity, customers can accelerate their learning and technology readiness for lunar payloads at much lower cost.
Our motto at Blue Origin is 'Gradatim Ferociter' or 'Step by Step, Ferociously.'
Blue Origin Special Event (2021):
Four More Commercial Astronauts Return from Space
Blue Origin successfully completed New Shepard’s second human flight today with four private citizens onboard. The crew included Dr. Chris Boshuizen, Glen de Vries, Audrey Powers, and William Shatner, as well as thousands of postcards from Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future. All officially became astronauts when they passed the Karman Line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.
Blue Origin Special Event (2021):
Four Commercial Astronauts Return from Space
Blue Origin successfully completed New Shepard’s first human flight today with four private citizens onboard. The crew included Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, who all officially became astronauts when they passed the Karman Line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.