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New Shepard | NS-29
Blue Origin · New Shepard · West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch, Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Blue Origin's 30th launch · 2nd this year
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Feb 4, 15:30 – Feb 4, 23:30 UTC
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NS-29
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.
Suborbital · Suborbital (Sub)
Booster
- NS-5 · flight 2 · Return to Launch Site @ Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas · landed ✓ · last flew New Shepard | NS-27 · zone record 33/35
Watch
- Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-29 Webcast — Blue Origin
Updates
Mission complete.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/4/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/4/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Blue Origin has started
LL2 · 2/4/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/3/2025 · source
NET February 4.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/30/2025 · source
Now targeting Jan 30 at 15:30 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/28/2025 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2025 · source
Holding at T-10 minutes.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Blue Origin has started
LL2 · 1/28/2025 · source
Tweaked NET T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2025 · source
Pad — West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
Local pad time: Feb 4, 10:00 AM CST
38 launches from this pad · 38 from Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
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