3 days ago · Plus, we can adapt this New Shepard capability to closely mirror Mars and other solar system gravity environments in the future," Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said in an X post on Jan. 24.

Jan 24, 2025 · New Shepard’s 29th Mission Will Fly 30 Payloads, Mimic the Moon’s Gravity January 24, 2025. Blue Origin’s next New Shepard flight, NS-29, will simulate the Moon’s gravity and fly 30 payloads, all but one of which is focused on testing lunar-related technologies. The launch window opens on Tuesday, January 28, at 10:00 AM CST / 1600 UTC ...

1 day ago · A significant milestone in suborbital spaceflight was achieved by Blue Origin with the launch of its uncrewed NS-29 mission. The New Shepard rocket lifted off from the company's West Texas facility on February 4 at 11 a.m. EST, following a week-long delay caused by adverse weather conditions and a technical issue in the rocket's avionics system. The booster and capsule both returned to Earth ...

3 days ago · The test began on February 4, 2025, with the 10:00 a.m. CST launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket system in West Texas. With support from NASA’s Flight Opportunities program, the company, headquartered in Kent, Washington, enhanced the flight capabilities of its New Shepard capsule to replicate the Moon’s gravity ...

3 days ago · Blue Origin's famed New Shepard spacecraft successfully simulated the moon's low gravity on board its capsule during a brief flight Tuesday morning over West Texas.. Video of the uncrewed launch ...

3 days ago · One major departure from Blue Origin's past New Shepard flights is the spin maneuver to create the effect of one-sixth Earth's gravity (simulating the gravity of the moon) during the NS-29 mission.

3 days ago · Blue Origin to attempt moon gravity simulation. The New Shepard mission is far from the first to carry scientific payloads to the edge of space, but it will be the first to attempt to simulate the ...

3 days ago · Blue Origin launched the 29 lunar technology experiments to the edge of space from West Texas. The company later confirmed that roughly two minutes of artificial lunar gravity were achieved by ...

Mar 9, 2021 · Blue Origin’s first flight of this capability will target 11 rotations per minute to provide more than two minutes of continuous lunar gravity, exposing the technologies to this challenging but difficult-to-test condition.

3 days ago · Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity Tuesday, without straying too far from home. Blue Origin launched the 29 lunar technology experiments to the edge of ...