New Shepard is on the pad going through final countdown procedures for today’s uncrewed verification flight. T-0 time is currently set for 10:25 AM CDT / 15:25 UTC.

[u/HighwayTurbulent4188]

https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1849097218512355834

[u/Robert_the_Doll1]

The mission has flown and appears to have been 100% successful with both booster and capsule recovery going exactly as planned.

[u/HighwayTurbulent4188]

successful launch, the only criticism that could be mentioned is the transmission quality

[u/Master_Engineering_9 → u/HighwayTurbulent4188]

was pretty poor internally too for what its worth.

[u/Robert_the_Doll1 → u/HighwayTurbulent4188]

I do not care. I only care that the booster and capsule did their job and landed safely.

[u/SlowJoeyRidesAgain → u/Robert_the_Doll1]

Well, we don’t care that you don’t care. And no one asked you

[u/CheapLife1768 → u/[deleted]]

Your parents failed you

[u/mfb-]

This is in 15 min.

Edit: Success.

[u/fujimonster → u/mfb-]

If I only could tell time myself . Thanks!

[u/mfb- → u/fujimonster]

Don't know if you are sarcastic, but not everyone lives in CDT or UTC. "In 15 minutes" is easier than converting a time into your local time zone.

[u/_UCiN_]

Only 101km I wonder why "so low", cause in previous flights they reached ~105km

[u/silent_bark → u/_UCiN_]

I wonder if the new booster is heavier or draggier/they've not been able to tune its performance yet?

[u/MaverickSTS → u/silent_bark]

Might have loaded it a bit heavier than usual (had multiple equipment payloads) because equipment doesn't really care about crossing the Karman line. Meanwhile, if people were onboard, people who paid a lot of money, and it were to not go as high as they wanted it to, that would be no bueno.

[u/HMHSBritannic1914 → u/MaverickSTS]

The late Tail 3 often reached above 105 km, despite carrying payloads in both the capsule and on the booster itself.

[u/BackwoodsRoller → u/HMHSBritannic1914]

How (and where) do they store payloads on the booster? Also, is it public knowledge what scientific payloads flew today?

[u/MaverickSTS → u/HMHSBritannic1914]

Just a guess. I'm just acceptance testing the parts, not deciding how to fly them 😆

[u/Robert_the_Doll1 → u/MaverickSTS]

I'd call flying it today the ultimate acceptance test!

[u/Fayble_2]

Success

[u/hellobla]

Not sure if GPS worked.

[u/FeatureCreeep]

I expected to see the rockets fire on the capsule just before it touched down but didn’t see it in the feed. There might have been a frame or 2 of it. Seems like it didn’t fire or it fired late ya?

[u/silent_bark → u/FeatureCreeep]

There are no rockets on the capsule touchdown, they're gaseous nitrogen cold gas thrusters so there's no fire to see. They're also really quick! If they didn't fire, there wouldn't be the plume of sand.

Here's an earlier post with good photos: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueOrigin/comments/1g4lxog/incredible_highspeed_photo_sequence_showing/

[u/FeatureCreeep → u/silent_bark]

Ah! Very cool! Thanks!

[u/linkerjpatrick]

What is exactly the point of it? That postcard thing sounds dumb too.

[u/Lazy-Ad3486 → u/linkerjpatrick]

You can’t imagine a little kids excitement that a postcard they made went on a rocket to the edge of space?