Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:59:00
Tuesday December 12, 2017
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First flight of NS3.
New Shepard flew again for the seventh time from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. The mission featured the next-generation booster and the first flight of Crew Capsule 2.0. Crew Capsule 2.0 features large windows, measuring 2.4 feet wide and 3.6 feet tall. Mission 7 also included 12 commercial, research, and education payloads as well as Mannequin Skywalker, a Mannequin with sensors to verify New Shepard's safety for human passengers.
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1st
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7th
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1st
Mission of 2017