Blue Origin Completes 35th New Shepard Mission

Blue Origin Completes 35th New Shepard Mission

Blue Origin successfully completed its 35th New Shepard flight and 15th payload mission today from Launch Site One in West Texas. The flight carried more than 40 payloads from students, NASA, research institutions, and commercial companies, bringing the total number of science payloads flown on New Shepard to more than 200.  

Club for the Future, Blue Origin’s nonprofit, flew thousands of postcards as part of its Postcards to Space program. Each postcard will be returned to its creator stamped “Flown to Space.” The Club has a digital method to create and send postcards, which can be found here.  

Key Mission Statistics

• Official Launch Time: 8:00:00 AM CDT / 13:00:00 UTC 

• Booster Apogee: 341,489 ft AGL / 345,136 ft MSL (104 km AGL / 105 km MSL) 

• Crew Capsule Apogee: 341,805 ft AGL / 345,452 ft MSL (104 km AGL / 105 km MSL)

• Crew Capsule Landing Time: 8:10:14 AM CDT / 13:10:14 UTC 

• Mission Elapsed Time: 10 minutes, 14 seconds 

“We’re proud to have flown hundreds of science, research, and educational payloads to space on New Shepard,” said Audrey Powers, VP, Mission and Flight Operations. “Each mission has expanded opportunities for our customers to rapidly and reliably test space technologies, conduct groundbreaking research, and engage the next generation of scientists and explorers.”  

This was the 12th and final mission for the RSS H.G. Wells Crew Capsule, the dedicated vehicle for flying customer payloads and Club for the Future postcards above the Kármán Line.

The vehicle will be utilized for non-flight test activities to support ongoing New Shepard development before permanent display at a location to be determined.  

Go here to learn how to conduct research on New Shepard or here to fly to space on an upcoming mission. Commemorative merchandise from today’s mission can be purchased at the Blue Origin Shop.  

In case you missed it, view a full replay of today’s flight here.