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NS-24

New Shepard

Blue Origin

Launch Status
Success

Rocket Launch Video

Mission

NS-24

  • Type: Suborbital
  • Orbit: Suborbital

Twenty-fourth flight of New Shepard carrying the same 36 science and research payloads and tens of thousands of postcards from Club For Future that flew on the failed NS-23 flight.

Location

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch

Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch has witnessed the launch of 29 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA, has been the site for 29 rocket launches.

Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LSO), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately 30 miles north of the town of Van Horn, Texas, United States.

Rocket

Blue Origin 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.

Learn more about the New Shepard

Landing

Core NS-4

NS4 has land on Corn Ranch Landing Pad after this flight. Booster NS-4 last launched 11/22/2024 and has seen 12 successful launches and landings. New Shepard vehicle #4 is the fourth flight vehicle of the New Shepard suborbital rocket. It was used for Blue Origin's first crewed launches.

A sonic boom is likely to occur a few minutes after launch as the booster returns to the launch site. Be prepared for a loud but thrilling experience! Learn more about rocket launch sonic booms

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

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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TruthB Told
TruthB Told
1 year ago

Is the launch date correct? Everyday Astronaut says today 11/29/2023.

Dillon
Dillon
Reply to  TruthB Told
1 year ago

Its a target date, EDA just hasn’t updated the date yet.

Judy
Judy
1 year ago

Fingers crossed.?.

Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O'Neill
1 year ago

This one is for you Alan Shepard.

Michele
Michele
1 year ago

Live feed????

SuperJC
SuperJC
1 year ago

Per ‘Zoom.earth’ Van Horn/Corn Ranch on 12/19 ~20 winds to be 15 mph?