Blue Origin’s 24th Mission: Success with New Shepard

Blue Origin achieves success with its 24th New Shepard flight, carrying 33 payloads from NASA, academia, and commercial sectors. The mission marks a total of 150 payloads flown on New Shepard, showcasing its reliability and versatility.

A remarkable addition to the flight was the inclusion of 38,000 postcards from Blue Origin’s nonprofit, the Club for the Future. These postcards, both physical and digital, symbolize aspirations and will be returned to their creators as mementos of their journey to space.

The mission’s key statistics reveal impressive milestones, with the booster reaching an apogee of 347,208 feet above ground level and the crew capsule achieving a similar height of 347,601 feet. The entire mission lasted a remarkable 10 minutes and 13 seconds.

Expressing gratitude, Phil Joyce, Senior Vice President of New Shepard, thanked the customers who contributed to scientific research and the students who shared their visions through postcards. The increasing demand for New Shepard flights paves the way for an enhanced flight cadence in 2024.

For those eager to experience space travel, Blue Origin offers the opportunity to purchase astronaut seats on New Shepard, while inquiries regarding payloads can be made separately.

Blue Origin’s 24th successful mission exemplifies its commitment to advancing space exploration and fostering a future where living and working in space benefits the Earth and humankind.

Key mission statistics:

• Official Launch Time: 10:42:28 AM CST / 16:42:28 UTC
• Booster Apogee: 347,208 ft. AGL / 350,855 ft. MSL (106 km AGL / 107 km MSL)
• Crew Capsule Apogee: 347,601 ft. AGL / 351,248 ft. MSL (106 km AGL / 107 km MSL)
• Crew Capsule Landing Time: 10:52:41 AM CST / 16:52:41 UTC  
• Mission Elapsed Time: 10 min 13 sec

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