mercredi 23 janvier 2019

Blue Origin NS-10: New Shepard Launches NASA-sponsored Research











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Jan. 23, 2019

Blue Origin NS-10 New Shepard Launch

The New Shepard reusable launch system was launched and landed at Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site, on 23 January 2019, at 15:05 UTC (09:05 CST).

Blue Origin NS-10: New Shepard launch & landing, 23 January 2019

This was the fourth mission, launch and landing, for this New Shepard launch vehicle. For Blue Origin’s mission NS-10, the New Shepard Crew Capsule 2.0 transported nine NASA-sponsored research and technology payloads: Collection of Regolith Experiment (CORE), Collisions into Dust Experiment (COLLIDE), Electromagnetic Field Measurements, Flow Boiling in Micrograp Coolers – Embedded Thermal Management for Space Applications, Microgravity Propellant Gauging Using Modal Analysis, Suborbital Flight Experiment Monitor-2 (SFEM-2), Validating Telemetric Imaging Hardware for Crew-Assisted and Crew-Autonomous Biological Imaging in Suborbital Applications, Vibration Isolation Platform (VIP) and Zero-Gravity Green Propellant Management Technology.

NS-10 New Shepard capsule landing

More details on the experience embedded in my previous article below.

Related article:

New Shepard to Fly 9 NASA-sponsored Payloads to Space on NS-10
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2018/12/new-shepard-to-fly-9-nasa-sponsored.html

For more information about Blue Origin, visit: https://www.blueorigin.com/

Image, Video, Text, Credits: Blue Origin/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.

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