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Research Flights on Blue Origin's New Shepard Cover

Research Flights on Blue Origin's New Shepard

Gravitational and Space Research
Volume 9 (2021): Issue 1 (January 2021)
By: Erika B. Wagner  
Open Access
|Mar 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

New Shepard flight profile, showing separation of the booster and capsule elements with independent return from above the Kármán Line.
New Shepard flight profile, showing separation of the booster and capsule elements with independent return from above the Kármán Line.

Figure 2

Four standardized interface options, with flight-qualified lockers and payload controllers provided for pre-flight testing, simplify mission readiness.
Four standardized interface options, with flight-qualified lockers and payload controllers provided for pre-flight testing, simplify mission readiness.

Figure 3

Representative altitude profile for both capsule (CC) and booster (PM) for a 350,000 ft (107 km) reference trajectory (Blue Origin 2019).
Representative altitude profile for both capsule (CC) and booster (PM) for a 350,000 ft (107 km) reference trajectory (Blue Origin 2019).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gsr-2021-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2332-7774
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Language: English
Page range: 62 - 67
Published on: Mar 20, 2021
Published by: American Society for Gravitational and Space Research
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Microgravity,
Suborbital,
Technology,
Education
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other,
Materials sciences,
Materials sciences, other,
Physics,
Physics, other

© 2021 Erika B. Wagner, published by American Society for Gravitational and Space Research
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