Blue Origin - New Shepard

[doug]

This is old now but still funny:

Also when Bezos was pinning on Shatner's wings and there was something wrong with the pin, Shatner said, "That's ok... I can pretend I didn't go."

BO marketing and Bezos aside, come on... it's cool to see The Shat get to go to space!

 

[cwerdna]

Nice 2 minute recap video:

 

[cwerdna]

"Shatner In Space" to debut on Amazon Prime, documenting William Shatner's Historic journey to the edge - TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion

Shatner in Space to debut on Amazon Prime on December 15 A new documentary titled Shatner in Space will focus on Wiliam Shatner‘s historic trip to space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin this past October. The one-hour special will premiere on Amazon Prime in the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, and...

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[Cosmacelf]

"Shatner In Space" to debut on Amazon Prime, documenting William Shatner's Historic journey to the edge - TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion

Shatner in Space to debut on Amazon Prime on December 15 A new documentary titled Shatner in Space will focus on Wiliam Shatner‘s historic trip to space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin this past October. The one-hour special will premiere on Amazon Prime in the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, and...

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This is going to be a really corny version of the Netflix special, right?

 

[qdeathstar]

"Shatner In Space" to debut on Amazon Prime, documenting William Shatner's Historic journey to the edge - TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion

Shatner in Space to debut on Amazon Prime on December 15 A new documentary titled Shatner in Space will focus on Wiliam Shatner‘s historic trip to space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin this past October. The one-hour special will premiere on Amazon Prime in the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, and...

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Yikes.

 

[qdeathstar]

This is going to be a really corny version of the Netflix special, right?

What do farts sound like in space, Jim?

 

[cwerdna]

This is going to be a really corny version of the Netflix special, right?

I don't know but I probably will watch as I'm a huge Star Trek fan (TOS and TNG being my favorites). I need to turn Amazon Prime back on soon for a few months to watch the final season of The Expanse anyway.

 

[Brando]

Blue Who ?? Isn't that a Law Firm ??

 

[cwerdna]

"Shatner In Space" to debut on Amazon Prime, documenting William Shatner's Historic journey to the edge - TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion

Shatner in Space to debut on Amazon Prime on December 15 A new documentary titled Shatner in Space will focus on Wiliam Shatner‘s historic trip to space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin this past October. The one-hour special will premiere on Amazon Prime in the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, and...

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I watched this last night via Amazon Prime and enjoyed it. But, I'm a huge Trek fan.

 

[cwerdna]

This is old news but semi-related: Man who went to space with William Shatner weeks ago dies in a plane crash.

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1569332182199443458

ABORT! New Shepard failed during first stage ascent. No crew on board.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1569335094195929091

We’re responding to an issue this morning at our Launch Site One location in West Texas. More information to come as it is available.

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1569333436900573185

Capsule back. So the launch escape system got a good test today. They'll have some work to see what went wrong with the booster.

 

[Cosmacelf]

While the broadcast said that the retros fired just before touchdown, I didn’t see that, looked like a hard landing to me.

 

[mongo]

While the broadcast said that the retros fired just before touchdown, I didn’t see that, looked like a hard landing to me.

It's a little hard to see, but the dust cloud is the retros firing. You can just catch the top of the capsule sinking into the cloud showing it's due to the engines, not impact.

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1569359448690278400

In a statement, the FAA says it will lead the investigation into the uncrewed Blue Origin mishap. Says no injuries have been reported. The FAA will have to sign off before New Shepard can return to flight.

 

[Grendal]

 

[Electroman]

Was this is supposed to be a launch to orbit (LEO)? If not, what is point of carrying any payload?

Is this the same rocket that carried a bunch of a folks up beyond troposphere and landed back? I get confused between New Glenn and New Shepard.

 

[mongo]

Was this is supposed to be a launch to orbit (LEO)? If not, what is point of carrying any payload?

Is this the same rocket that carried a bunch of a folks up beyond troposphere and landed back? I get confused between New Glenn and New Shepard.

Microgravity experiments were on board.
It was the non-human rated booster.

 

[Grendal]

Was this is supposed to be a launch to orbit (LEO)? If not, what is point of carrying any payload?

Is this the same rocket that carried a bunch of a folks up beyond troposphere and landed back? I get confused between New Glenn and New Shepard.

Mongo is correct. There are two New Shepard boosters. This is the one that did testing and payload launches. The other one is the one doing all the passenger launches.

 

[Electroman]

But was this supposed to go on an orbit? I thought all orbital launches are to be done from a coast (unless you are China or Russia)