New Shepard #NS27 is an uncrewed verification flight debuting our second human-rated vehicle to meet growing customer demand. The launch window opens on Monday, October 7, at 8:00 AM CDT / 13:00 UTC:
NEWS | OCT 4, 2024Blue Origin Debuts Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket To Meet DemandBlue Origin’s next New Shepard flight, NS-27, will debut our second human-rated vehicle, enabling expanded flight capacity to better meet growing customer demand. The launch window for the uncrewed verification flight opens on Monday, October 7, at 8:00 AM CDT / 1300 UTC. The webcast will begin 15 minutes before liftoff on BlueOrigin.com. The new crew capsule is named RSS Kármán line. The vehicle features technology upgrades to improve the vehicle’s performance and reusability, an updated livery, and accommodations for payloads on the booster. New Shepard remains one of the most sustainable rockets ever to fly to space. Nearly 99% of New Shepard’s dry mass is reused, including the booster, capsule, engine, landing gear, and parachutes. NS-27 will fly 12 payloads—five on the booster and seven inside the crew capsule. Payloads include new navigation systems developed for New Shepard and New Glenn; two different LIDAR sensors for the Lunar Permanence program; ultra-wideband proximity operations sensors flying as part of a NASA TechFlights grant with Blue Origin’s Space Systems Development group; and a commercial payload that is a reproduction of black monoliths from 2001: A Space Odyssey. The monoliths are flying on behalf of Spacemanic for a special edition printed by Croatian publisher Amaranthine Books. The mission will also carry tens of thousands of student-designed postcards on behalf of Club for the Future, Blue Origin’s STEAM-focused nonprofit whose mission is to inspire and mobilize future generations to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. The organization has engaged more than 43 million students globally since its founding in 2019. Students can submit digital postcards here. Follow Blue Origin on X, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, and YouTube, and sign up on BlueOrigin.com to stay current on all mission details.
We are looking forward to this mission—and expanding our flight cadence in the coming months.
#NS27 is targeting liftoff tomorrow. The launch window for this uncrewed verification flight opens at 8:00 AM CDT / 13:00 UTC. Webcast begins at 7:45 AM CDT on BlueOrigin.com. 🚀
New Shepard is on the pad. The launch team is working through the countdown procedures for our new vehicle and we’re adjusting our launch window to open at 11:10 AM CDT / 16:10 UTC. The webcast will begin 15 minutes prior to liftoff. #NS27
#NewShepard is going through final checks in advance of today’s uncrewed verification flight. We’re running a bit ahead of schedule. The #NS27 launch window will open at 11:00 AM CDT / 16:00 UTC. Webcast begins 15 minutes prior to liftoff on blueorigin.com/live
We’re standing down on today’s launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle issue that would’ve taken us beyond our launch window. New launch target forthcoming. #NS27
Van Horn, TX (Blue Origin Corn Ranch spaceport) temporary restriction:From Thursday, October 10th, 2024 at 12:30 UTC to Thursday, October 10th, 2024 at 20:30 UTCAltitude: From the surface up to space
Van Horn, TX (Blue Origin Corn Ranch spaceport) temporary restriction:From Friday, October 11th, 2024 at 12:30 UTC to Friday, October 11th, 2024 at 20:30 UTCAltitude: From the surface up to space
Currently listed as NET October 9 at https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jspBLUE ORIGIN NS-27, VAN HORN, TXPRIMARY: 10/09/24 1230Z-2030ZBACKUP: 10/10/24 1230Z-2030Z
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 10/08/2024 06:21 amCurrently listed as NET October 9 at https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jspBLUE ORIGIN NS-27, VAN HORN, TXPRIMARY: 10/09/24 1230Z-2030ZBACKUP: 10/10/24 1230Z-2030Z Now showing October 10th there.
New Shepard’s updated target launch date is tomorrow, October 13. The #NS27 window opens at 07:30 AM CDT / 12:30 UTC from Launch Site One. Webcast begins 10 minutes prior to launch on https://www.blueorigin.com/live
#NewShepard is going through final checks in advance of today’s uncrewed verification flight to space. Our updated T-0 time is 08:27 AM CDT / 13:27 UTC. Live coverage starts 10 minutes prior to liftoff on blueorigin.com/live
8:19 AM CDTNew Shepard is in a hold as we continue working through our countdown procedures today. We’ll provide an update when we have a new T-0.
We’re standing down on today’s launch attempt to troubleshoot a GPS issue. New launch target forthcoming. #NS27
New Shepard’s updated target launch date is Wednesday, October 23. The #NS27 launch window opens at 10:00 AM CDT / 15:00 UTC from Launch Site One. Webcast begins 10 minutes prior to launch on http://BlueOrigin.com/live
#NewShepard is on the pad going through final countdown procedures for today’s uncrewed verification flight. T-0 time is currently set for 10:25 AM CDT / 15:25 UTC. Live coverage of NS-27 starts 10 minutes prior to liftoff on blueorigin.com/live
And new New Shepard booster lands. Always love the hover.
Landing of the @BlueOrigin NS-27 capsule after a 9m56s flight; booster landed after a 7m12s flight. Booster apogee about 101 km AGL.
This morning’s #NewShepard #NS27 flight not only debuted our second human-rated vehicle for the program but also sent 12 payloads to space and back. Five of our Blue programs were involved with this mission, and I wanted to highlight two of them here—NS Navi and lidar for our lunar program. NS Navi is our new launch vehicle navigator. It flew for the first time on the crew capsule as the primary navigation system and on the booster for performance evaluation. The system is scalable architecture to support both New Shepard and New Glenn. We also tested two different lidar (light detection and ranging) sensors for our Lunar Permanence program. We are validating their performance in the range and speed envelope in a way that is similar to what our MK1 lunar landing trajectory will be. This testing will help ensure that the onboard navigation system can precisely and softly land on the lunar surface.
We just completed our 27th mission, debuting the second human-rated vehicle for the New Shepard program. The uncrewed verification flight sent 12 payloads to space and back, including tens of thousands of @ClubforFuture postcards. Bit.ly/3XPzxrX #NS27
NEWS|OCT 23, 2024Blue Origin Completes 27th Mission; Debuts New Human-Rated VehicleToday, Blue Origin’s 27th mission debuted the second human-rated vehicle for the New Shepard program, enabling expanded flight capacity to better meet growing customer demand. “We look forward to welcoming crew onboard RSS Kármán Line soon and offering the New Shepard flight experience to people across the world from all backgrounds,” said Phil Joyce, SVP, New Shepard. “On every New Shepard mission, we’ve witnessed people return to Earth changed by this experience, and with a renewed sense of commitment to preserve our planet.” The flight carried five payloads on the booster and seven inside the crew capsule, including tens of thousands of postcards flying as part of Club for the Future’s Postcards to Space program. Each postcard will be returned to its creator stamped “Flown to Space.” Digital postcards can be submitted here.
Returning to 🌎. #NS27
With New Shepard following landing during today’s NS-27 mission… pretty cool to see.
#ICYMI: We completed the #NS27 mission yesterday, debuting the second human-rated vehicle for the #NewShepard program. 📷Check out photos from liftoff to landing in our gallery:
Thank you, Team Blue 💙 #NS27 #FortheBenefitofEarth
