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May 4, 2019
The New Shepard booster lands during Mission NS-11 on May 2, 2019
The New Shepard reusable launch system was launched and landed at Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site, on 2 May 2019, at 13:35 UTC (08:35 CDT).
Blue Origin NS-11: New Shepard launch & landing, 2 May 2019
This was the fifth mission, launch and landing, for this New Shepard launch vehicle. For Blue Origin’s mission NS-11, the New Shepard Crew Capsule 2.0 transported 38 payloads, including 9 NASA-supported payloads: Characterization of 3D Printing Processes under Microgravity Conditions, Developing a Centrifuge for Blue Origin's New Shepard, Cryogenic Gauging Technology Geometry Development, Evolved Medical Microgravity Suction Device, Suborbital Flight Experiment Monitor-2, Flow Boiling in Microgap Coolers, BioChip SubOrbitalLab, Strata-S1. Other payloads include TESSERAE: Self Assembling Space Architecture, Floral Cosmonauts: Crystal Electro-Nucleation and Queen Bee Maiden Flight.
Image above: NS-11 flew 38 payloads to space for a variety of schools, universities, government agencies and private companies.
Related article:
NASA and Blue Origin Help Classrooms and Researchers Reach Space
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2019/05/nasa-and-blue-origin-help-classrooms.html
Related links:
NASA’s Flight Opportunities program: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/index.html
3D printing experiment: https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov/technologies/178/
Evolved Medical Microgravity Suction Device: https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov/technologies/162/
Suborbital Flight Experiment Monitor-2: https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov/technologies/168/
Flow Boiling in Microgap Coolers: https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov/technologies/173/
BioChip SubOrbitalLab: https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov/technologies/181/
Strata-S1: https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov/technologies/182/
Blue Origin: https://www.blueorigin.com/
Images, Video, Text, Credits: NASA/Blue Origin/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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