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NS-15

New Shepard

Blue Origin

Launch Status
Success

Crew

Mannequin Skywalker

Mannequin Skywalker

Status: Active
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Nationality: Earthling
Type: Non-Human
First Flight: 12/12/2017
Last Flight: 4/14/2021

"Mannequin Skywalker" is a test dummy flown on Blue Origin New Shepard 3's initial flight test.

Mission

NS-15

Type: Suborbital

Fifteenth flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.

During the mission, astronaut operational exercises will be conducted in preparation for human space flight. The primary operations will entail Blue Origin personnel standing in as astronauts entering into the capsule prior to launch. These astronauts will climb the launch tower, get into their seats, buckle their harnesses, and conduct a communications check from their seat with CAPCOM, the Capsule Communicator. The tower operations team will prepare the capsule cabin for launch and then briefly close the capsule hatch. The astronauts will then exit the capsule prior to launch.

Post-landing, the astronauts will get inside the capsule to rehearse hatch opening, and exiting the capsule at the landing site.

Inside the capsule during the flight will be Mannequin Skywalker, along with more than 25,000 postcards on behalf of Club for the Future, Blue Origin’s nonprofit organization

Trajectory

The trajectory is unavailable. Check back for updates.

Mission patch for NS-15

Location

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch

Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

23 rockets have launched from Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA.

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch, Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

Core Landing

NS4 has successfully landed at Corn Ranch Landing Pad after its second flight.

Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas – CR

New Shepard landing site.

Return to Launch Site – RTLS

A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from.

Agency

Blue Origin – BO

  • Type: Commercial
  • Abbreviation: BO
  • Administration: CEO: Jeff Bezos
  • Founded: 2000
  • Launchers: New Shepard | New Glenn
  • Country: USA

Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.

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neil mr marriott
neil mr marriott
2 years ago

Congratulations Blue Origin my first time watching New Shepard launch live and i wasn`t disappointed. And thanks to Space Launch Schedule for the facebook updates.

Ryan Tran
Ryan Tran
2 years ago

Nah i just want them to launch new glenn