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Launch FailureBlue Origin
New Shepard: NS-23
Twenty-third flight of New Shepard carrying 36 science and research payloads along with tens of thousands of postcards from Club For Future.
Failure:Launch escape system activated at T+1:05 following apparent BE-3 booster engine shutdown; capsule landed nominally
Monday, 12 September 2022
Mission Data
🇺🇸Blue OriginEst. 2000
Launch VehicleNew Shepard
Vehicle Record37 of 38 launches (97.4%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record39 successes / 2 failures (95%)
Mission TypeSuborbital
Target OrbitSuborbital
Launch PadWest Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
Location🇺🇸 Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA USA
Agency Launches This Year#4
Launches From This Pad38
Launches From This Site38
Status Note
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
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.