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
