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New Shepard | NS-12
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NS-12

New Shepard

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Mission status
Launch Successful

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LAUNCH SITECorn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

Mission

The 12th flight of New Shepard will contain commercial payloads and postcards from the nonprofit organisation 'Club for the Future'.

Launch vehicle
New Shepard
Mission type
Suborbital
Destination orbit
Suborbital
Spacecraft
RSS H.G. Wells
Destination
Suborbital
Launch pad
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
Provider
Blue Origin
Recovery
Return to Launch Site, The booster has successfuly landed after its sixth launch. +1

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

New Shepard
Launch vehicle

New Shepard

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.

Height
15 m
Diameter
3.7 m
Stages
1
Recorded launches
38
First flight
2015-04-29
NS-3
Core

NS-3

Flight 6ReusedLanding successful
Recovery
Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas
Landing method
Return to Launch Site

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Launch site & orbit

Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

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DestinationSuborbital

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