flown byBlue OriginUSA

New Shepard 3 first flight

Success
DEC 12201700:00:00 UTC

First launch of New Shepard 3 (NS3) and debut of the RSS H. G. Wells (Crew Capsule 2.0). Both booster and capsule reached just under the Kármán line - booster apogee 98.2 km, capsule apogee 98.3 km - and landed successfully.

launched fromCorn Ranch

aboardNew Shepard 3NS-7intoSuborbital

Broadcast

Vehicle components · 2

  • 01BoosterNS3.1
    apogee98.2 km
  • 02CapsuleRSS H. G. Wells
    apogee98.3 km

Payloads · 2

  • 01

    Crew Capsule 2.0

    Test flight

  • 02

    "Mannequin Skywalker"

    test dummy