LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Tue Dec 12 2017

Blue Origin

NS-7

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(4:59 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(4:59 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(4:59 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

New Shepard

Description:

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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
NS-7 is Blue Origins first commercial flight. The payloads included 12 experiments conducted in 3 minutes of microgravity dedicated to medical and earth science.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Corn Ranch, USA

Pad

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch