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Blue OriginLaunch SuccessfulBooster landing failedNew Shepard
Launched 2015-04-29 17:06 UTCWest Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch, Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Mission
Reached Suborbital
Booster landing failed
Landing failed at Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas
NS-1, 1st flight
Blue Origin
1st
launch this year
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
1st
launch from this pad this year
The first flight of the New Shepard 1 booster. The capsule reached an apogee of 93.5 kilometers.
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.
Launches
41
Successful
39
95%
Landings
38
of 41
Upcoming
30
scheduled
Height
15m
Diameter
3.7m
Liftoff thrust
490kN
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