Facts about Blue Origin New Shepard
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Each New Shepard booster completes multiple flights, with the vehicle achieving over 15 successful launches and landings since its first crewed flight in July 2021.
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Passengers aboard New Shepard experience roughly four minutes of weightlessness during the flight's coast phase above the Kármán line before the capsule begins its automated descent.
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During its ascent and descent phases, New Shepard's capsule experiences approximately 5.5 g-forces, exposing passengers to acceleration roughly five times Earth's normal gravity.
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At 333 meters tall, Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas houses the New Shepard booster, which lands vertically on its tail fins after each suborbital flight.
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The New Shepard capsule reaches peak altitudes of approximately 107 kilometers during its eleven-minute suborbital flight, exceeding the Kármán line by roughly seven kilometers at apogee.
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New Shepard's fully autonomous flight system requires no pilot on board, allowing all six seats in the capsule to be reserved for passengers experiencing weightlessness for approximately three minutes.
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Crossing the Kármán line at 100.5 kilometers altitude, Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle has carried 31 passengers to the edge of space since July 2021.