New Shepard
New Shepard familyBlue OriginRetiredReusable
The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 490 kN
- Height
- 15 m
- Diameter
- 3.7 m
- Launch mass
- 75 t
- Stages
- 1
- LEO capacity
- 0 kg
- GTO capacity
- 0 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
38flightswith a definitive outcome
97.4%success rate37 of 38
1failureincluding partial failures
15success streakcurrent
36landings38 attempts · 0 droneship · 36 RTLS
59.0 dfastest turnaroundbetween consecutive booster flights
First flight April 29, 2015 · latest January 22, 2026 · 16:25 UTC
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for New Shepard flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Boosters
Boosters by flights
Serial-tracked stages only — predominantly SpaceX.