RSS Kármán Line (Reusable Space Ship Kármán Line) is a New Shepard space capsule, built and operated by American spaceflight company Blue Origin.[1] It is the fourth New Shepard capsule to fly to space, and is slated to be the second to fly passengers, after RSS First Step. The capsule's first uncrewed flight was the NS-27 mission on 23 October 2024, which was also the maiden flight of New Shepard booster NS5.[2]
RSS Kármán Line | |
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Type | Space capsule |
Class | New Shepard crew capsule |
Owner | Blue Origin |
Manufacturer | Blue Origin |
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Rocket | New Shepard |
History | |
Location | Van Horn, Texas |
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Last flight |
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Flights | 1 |
New Shepard crew capsules | |
History
editRSS Kármán Line, the fourth New Shepard capsule, was built by Blue Origin to "better meet growing customer demand" for New Shepard flights.[1] The spacecraft is named after the Kármán line, an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) and the conventional definition of the edge of space, which the capsule crosses at the apogee of its sub-orbital spaceflight.[3] The capsule first flew on the uncrewed NS-27 verification mission, which launched on 23 October 2024 carrying twelve customer payloads, after issues pushed back the launch from 7 October 2024.[4] [5]
Flights
editMission | Launch date (UTC) | Landing date (UTC) | Crew | Duration | Remarks | Outcome |
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NS-27 | 23 October 2024 | 23 October 2024 | Uncrewed | ~10 minutes | Uncrewed test flight. Maiden flight of NS5 propulsion module. | Success |
References
edit- ^ a b "Blue Origin Debuts Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket To Meet Demand". Blue Origin.
- ^ Wall, Mike (23 October 2024). "Blue Origin launches 2nd human-rated New Shepard rocket, nails landing (video)". Space.com. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Tribou, Richard; Sentinel, Orlando (7 October 2024). "Blue Origin constructs new New Shepard rocket-capsule combo to expand human launches". phys.org. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ @blueorigin (4 October 2024). "New Shepard #NS27 is an uncrewed verification flight debuting our second human-rated vehicle to meet growing customer demand. The launch window opens on Monday, October 7, at 8:00 AM CDT / 13:00 UTC: https://bit.ly/3XPzxrX" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 October 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Wall, Mike (4 October 2024). "Blue Origin delays debut launch of 2nd human-rated New Shepard rocket due to GPS glitch". Space.com. Retrieved 14 October 2024.