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Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Booster History
NS-2
Flight #4
Flight #4 · Last flown 2016-04-02
About this booster
The New Shepard 2 or NS2, made five successful flights in 2015 and 2016, being retired after its fifth flight in October 2016. It was the first booster which Blue Origin successfully landed and reused.
- Total Flights
- 5
- Recovery Rate
- 5/5 successful landings
- This Landing
- Landing successful· Return to Launch Site (RTLS)
- Recovery Site
- Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas (CR)
- Last Flight
- New Shepard | NS-4 · 77-day turnaround
Landing Record
5 successful · 0 failed · 5 total
Mission Details
Fifth flight for Blue Origin. The NS-5 mission successfully landed the core stage and tested a capsule landing with one parachute cut.
- Type
- Test Flight
- Orbit
- Suborbital (Sub)
Launch Site
- Pad
- West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
- Location
- Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA