flown by Blue Origin USA

NS-27

Success
OCT 23202415:30:00 UTC

First flight of the New Shepard booster NS5 and of RSS Kármán Line, the second human-rated New Shepard capsule. The uncrewed flight carried 12 payloads, among them lidar and navigation sensors and a replica of the black monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey, plus tens of thousands of student-designed postcards for Blue Origin's Club for the Future.

launched from Corn Ranch

aboard New Shepard 5 NS-27 into Suborbital

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

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Vehicle components · 2

  • 01 Booster NS5.1
  • 02 Capsule RSS Kármán Line
    apogee 101 km

Payload

Blue Origin NS-27

Technology demonstration

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