Blue Origin NS-23

Blue Origin NS-23
Mission typeUncrewed sub-orbital spaceflight
Mission duration33 minutes
Apogee11.4 km (7.1 mi)[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftRSS H. G. Wells[2]
ManufacturerBlue Origin
Start of mission
Launch date12 September 2022, 14:27 UTC
RocketNew Shepard (Tail 3) [2]
Launch siteCorn Ranch, LS-1
ContractorBlue Origin
End of mission
Landing date12 September 2022, 15:00 UTC
Landing siteCorn Ranch

Blue Origin NS-23 was an uncrewed sub-orbital spaceflight mission of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, which launched on 12 September 2022. The booster failed during max q about a minute after launch, triggering the launch escape system which removed the capsule from the booster.[3] The capsule landed successfully, while the booster was destroyed upon impact with the ground.[4]

  1. ^ Foust, Jeff (2022-09-12). "New Shepard suffers in-flight abort on uncrewed suborbital flight". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference OS-yybpgry23vgntid6y3di4n5f2e was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Roth, Emma (2022-09-12). "Blue Origin's uncrewed capsule safely escapes after midflight anomaly". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  4. ^ Thorbecke, Catherine (12 September 2022). "Blue Origin rocket experiences 'booster failure,' activates abort system during uncrewed launch". CNN. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-12.