MISSION NAME
NS-9 9
Status
Success
DATE
18 JUL 2018
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Blue Origin
Launch Pad
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
Description
The third commercial flight for Blue Origin. NS-9 carried various payloads on a sub-orbital flight. It also tested the capsule escape rockets at high altitude.
New Shepard
Rocket 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.