New Shepard | NS-16
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
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Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
RSS First Step
Serial 2.0-2
Launch Crew Count 4
Status Active
Landing Time 2021-07-20T13:22:00+0000
Crew
Jeff Bezos
Tourist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1964-01-12
Status Occasional Spaceflight
Type Private
Mark Bezos
Tourist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1968-05-17
Status Occasional Spaceflight
Type Private
Oliver Daemen
Tourist
Nationality Dutch
Date Of Birth 2002-08-20
Status Occasional Spaceflight
Type Private
Wally Funk
Tourist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1938-02-01
Status Occasional Spaceflight
Type Private
New Shepard
Height 15.00 Meters
Max Stages 1
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 490 kN
Diameter 3.70 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 75 Tonnes
Launch Success 27
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 2015-04-29
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial NS-4
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 12
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location CR
Related Events
NS-16 Post-Flight Press Conference
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Blue Origin will host a press conference with New Shepard’s first astronaut crew which has successfully completed their first suborbital flight on July 20.
NS-16 Pre-Launch Mission Briefing
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Blue Origin will host a pre-launch mission briefing live from Launch Site One in West Texas. Blue Origin will share details about their first crewed suborbital flight, including updates on vehicle readiness, flight and safety preparedness, and astronaut training.
New Shepard First Seat Auction
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On July 20th, New Shepard will fly its first astronaut crew to space. Blue Origin is offering one seat on this first flight to the winning bidder of an online auction. The winning bid amount will be donated to Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future, to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEM and help invent the future of life in space.
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