New Shepard is a fully reusable sub-orbital launch vehicle developed for space tourism by Blue Origin. The vehicle is named after Alan Shepard, who became the first American to travel into space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon. The vehicle is …

3 days ago · The New Shepard mission is far from the first to carry scientific payloads to the edge of space, but it will be the first to attempt to simulate the moon's gravity. ADVERTISEMENT. To pull off the feat, the capsule will have to spin at a rate of about 11 revolutions per minute, providing at least two minutes of lunar gravity forces. The ...

3 days ago · The New Shepard mission is far from the first to carry scientific payloads to the edge of space, but it was the first to mimic the moon's gravity.. The gravitational pull of the lunar surface is ...

3 days ago · One major departure from Blue Origin's past New Shepard flights is the spin maneuver to create the effect of one-sixth Earth's gravity (simulating the gravity of the moon) during the NS-29 mission.

All rockets take off; not all rockets land. Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, New Shepard is Blue Origin’s fully reusable, suborbital rocket system built for human flight from the beginning.

Jan 24, 2025 · Blue Origin successfully completed its 29th New Shepard flight and 14th payload mission. The payloads experienced roughly two minutes of lunar gravity forces.

New Shepard is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), crew-rated suborbital launch vehicle created by Blue Origin as a way to boost space tourism. [1] In 2021, the first fully automated spaceflight with civilian passengers, was launched with a New Shepard rocket. [2]

Nov 18, 2024 · This mission will be the ninth human flight for the New Shepard program and the 28th in its history. To date, the program has flown 43 humans above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.

3 days ago · 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 ...

Oct 23, 2024 · Blue Origin completed a launch and landing of an uncrewed flight test Wednesday morning for its next New Shepard spacecraft that will one day take humans on suborbital trips high above Earth.