Blue Origin Successfully Launches New Shepard on NS-29 Mission Written 5 February 2025
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New Shepard launches February 4, 2025. | Credit: Blue Origin, YouTube; framegrab
AP News reports that yesterday “Blue Origin launched the 29 lunar technology experiments to the edge of space from West Texas. The company later confirmed that roughly two minutes of artificial lunar gravity were achieved by spinning the capsule 11 times a minute. It was Blue Origin’s first attempt at mimicking lunar gravity, which is one-sixth that of Earth.”
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New Shepard Mission NS-29 Webcast
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