Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launched the NS-36 crew from Launch Site One in West Texas.
The crew included Jeff Elgin, Danna Karagussova, Dr. Clint Kelly III, Aaron Newman, Vitalii Ostrovsky, and Will Lewis, whose identity was revealed after the launch.
00:52All right. New Shepard has cleared the tower. If you look on the bottom right hand side of your screen, you'll be able to follow along for the timing as NS36 heads towards the corner line.
01:10Engine chamber pressure looks good.
01:1610,000 feet and climbing.
01:22Beginning throttle down for Q limiting.
01:28A little bit of a cloudier day out in West Texas today, but you can still see New Shepard.
01:33Engine response looks good.
01:43Max Q, maximum dynamic pressure.
01:45On your screen there, you can see the telemetry on the left-hand side bar.
01:53Mach 1 vehicle is supersonic.
01:54You can follow the flight trajectory today.
01:56At the bottom, you can watch the speed and the altitude climb.
01:59Engine back up to full throttle.
02:05That BE-3 all the way at full throttle.
02:07Chamber pressure looking good.
02:11Passing 70,000 feet and climbing.
02:21Now as you see on your screen, if it does go black and white, we're using infrared imaging to see through the clouds.
02:28But right there, that is a shot from the booster looking back down on West Texas.
02:45Ascent G's.
02:50Beginning throttle down.
02:51Stand by Miko.
02:52Stand by Miko.
02:53Stand by Miko.
02:54Stand by Miko.
02:55Stand by Miko.
02:56We hear some happy astronauts.
03:04Miko confirmed.
03:05And Miko is confirmed.
03:07That is main engine cut off.
03:08Stand by separation.
03:10Stand by separation.
03:11Stand by separation.
03:13Separation.
03:20Separation confirmed.
03:23Separation is confirmed.
03:24There you have it.
03:25Separation is confirmed.
03:26Our astronauts are experiencing zero G's.
03:29As you can see, now we have two bars for tracking our two vehicles.
03:33We've got the booster on the left and the capsule on the right.
03:35As they both continue their ascent to their apogee.
03:40Astronauts are experiencing zero G and doing all sorts of fun stuff up there.
03:44Taking photos.
03:45Looking out the window.
03:46Good.
03:47Great long range camera shot there.
03:49Both the capsule and the booster.
03:51We found a break in the clouds.
03:53Three minutes, 15 seconds into flight.
03:54Man, they are having a good time up there, aren't they?
04:01Yeah.
04:04Just the magnitude.
04:06Wow, you're staring down at the earth.
04:11Holy cow.
04:12This is cold.
04:13We're in space.
04:14We're above the line.
04:15Woo.
04:20Look at that.
04:21Look at that amazing view.
04:23Wow.
04:24We're flying.
04:25Wow.
04:29You see the moon out there?
04:30Look for the moon, guys.
04:31The moon is incredible.
04:33There you hear the sonic boom.
04:43You see the engine relight.
04:44Engine restart.
04:49Beautiful shot.
04:50Landing legs deployed.
04:56Booster different ammo.
04:57Booster touchdown.
05:02Booster touchdown.
05:03And we have booster touchdown.
05:07Great shot.
05:08Welcome home, New Shepard booster.
05:09Starting booster autosafing.
05:14Always a sight to see.
05:15Never gets old.
05:16Always an incredible moment here.
05:19Landing that booster perfectly on our landing pad.
05:23Getting ready to autosafe it.
05:24And shortly take it back to the barn.
05:27For our viewers who might be new here, what does autosafing mean?
05:30Oh, it just means that we're making sure that the vehicle is ready for people to get close to it
05:37and make sure that it's ready to go back to the barn and complete its maintenance before the next flight.
05:42That's true.
05:43We do have a tradition here where we like to take a picture with the booster.
05:46The team does after our flight.
05:49We have reacquired a picture of the capsule.
05:52There it is.
05:53Going through some clouds.
05:54Yeah.
05:55That's got to make for a fun experience for astronauts.
05:56Capsule drogue deployment confirmed.
05:57Drogues confirmed.
05:59The drogues pull out the main parachutes.
06:17Capsule main parachute deployment confirmed.
06:20And there you have it.
06:21Beautiful parachutes.
06:22All three.
06:23Reefing.
06:24Looking beautiful against a cloudy west Texas guy.
06:27Capsule landing zone is within expected range limits.
06:31I love those drone shots.
06:33Now, while the parachutes are essential in providing a gentle touchdown, it is also, we also have a retro thrust system on the base of the capsule, which will make the final touchdown even smoother.
06:46You'll expect to see a little proof of dust as we land.
06:50That is all very, very normal.
06:52That's right.
06:53It slows the capsule to about one mile per hour just before it lands in the west Texas desert.
07:01Just about to reach a thousand feet.
07:06Look how green that west Texas desert is.
07:07Yeah.
07:08It must have been raining there recently.
07:09I was just about to say.
07:11Nine and a half minutes into flight.
07:14Wow.
07:27That looks like a new cover photo to me.
07:32Gosh.
07:33Beautiful.
07:34So pretty.
07:35What a day to fly, too.
07:37Getting a little audio from our astronauts.
07:44Standby.
07:45Touchdown.
07:46Standby.
07:47Touchdown.
07:48Capsule touchdown.
07:58And we have touchdown.
08:01Welcome back, Space Nomads.
08:03Autosafing start.
08:04Welcome home.
08:0536.
08:07Always incredible to see.
08:09Great, easy touchdown for our new Shepard crew capsule.
08:12Now our capsule recovery team is currently en route to meet the astronauts in the capsule.
08:18They're going to save the capsule and get ready to open that hatch.
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