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Launch SuccessfulBlue Origin
New Shepard: NS-18
NS-18 is the second crewed New Shepard flight, carrying 4 paying customers.
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Mission Data
🇺🇸Blue OriginEst. 2000
Launch VehicleNew Shepard
Vehicle Record37 of 38 launches (97.4%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record39 successes / 2 failures (95%)
Mission TypeTourism
Target OrbitSuborbital
Launch PadWest Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
Location🇺🇸 Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA USA
Agency Launches This Year#5
Launches From This Pad38
Launches From This Site38
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About New Shepard
The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.
Launch Site
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch · 31.4229°N 104.7571°W
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.