New Shepard (Blue Origin rocket)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/New_Shepard_(Blue_Origin_rocket)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf suborbital launch vehicle
gptkbp:apogee over 100 km (Kármán line)
gptkbp:application vertical landing
gptkbp:capacity up to 1000 kg
gptkbp:caps gptkb:RSS_First_Step
gptkb:RSS_H.G._Wells
gptkb:RSS_Jules_Verne
gptkbp:capsuleFeatures large windows
pressurized cabin
gptkbp:capsuleLandingType parachute landing
gptkbp:commercialFlights since 2021
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:diameter 3.7 meters
gptkbp:elevation over 100 km
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:BE-3
gptkbp:firstCrewedMission 2021-07-20
gptkbp:firstFlight 2015-04-29
gptkbp:firstUncrewedFlightDate 2015-04-29
gptkbp:flightNumber over 20 (as of 2023)
about 10-11 minutes
gptkbp:height 18 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New Shepard (Blue Origin rocket)
gptkbp:launchConfiguration single stage
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Corn_Ranch,_West_Texas
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Blue_Origin
gptkbp:missionType suborbital space tourism
microgravity research
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:first_human_spaceflight_by_Blue_Origin
oldest person in space (Wally Funk, 2021)
youngest person in space (Oliver Daemen, 2021)
first Star Trek actor in space (William Shatner, 2021)
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Jeff_Bezos
gptkb:Oliver_Daemen
gptkb:Wally_Funk
gptkb:Mark_Bezos
gptkb:Michael_Strahan
gptkb:William_Shatner
gptkb:Laura_Shepard_Churchley
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Blue_Origin
gptkbp:propulsion liquid oxygen
liquid hydrogen
gptkbp:purpose scientific research
commercial space tourism
gptkbp:reusable true
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 6
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:testFlights multiple since 2015
gptkbp:website https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jeffrey_Preston_Jorgensen
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7