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NS-24
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Blue Origin

NS-24

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New Shepard
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Dec 19, 16:42:28 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleNew Shepard
OrbitSuborbital
PadWest Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
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Mission

Twenty-fourth flight of New Shepard carrying the same 36 science and research payloads and tens of thousands of postcards from Club For Future that flew on the failed NS-23 flight.

Quick facts

VehicleNew Shepard
OrbitSuborbital
PadWest Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
SiteCorn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
WindowDec 19, 13:30:00 UTC→Dec 19, 21:30:00 UTC

Vehicle

Height15 m
Diameter3.7 m
Stages1
ReusableYes
Track record37/38 successful
Landings36/38

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →
First Stage · Flight-provenNS-4
active9th flight
Flights17
Landings17/17100%
Fastest turn59d
Recovered · RTLS · CR· 3 km downrange
502d 2h since last flight

New Shepard vehicle #4 is the fourth flight vehicle of the New Shepard suborbital rocket. It was used for Blue Origin's first crewed launches.

Previous flights · 16
  1. #17NS-38+106d 2hCRJan 22, 2026
  2. #16NS-36+66dCROct 8, 2025
  3. #15NS-34+63d 23hCRAug 3, 2025
  4. #14NS-32+94d 21hCRMay 31, 2025
  5. #13NS-30+95dCRFeb 25, 2025
Upper Stage · Crew Capsule 2.02.0-1RSS H.G. Wells
Retired
12 flights· Suborbital

Second New Shepard capsule. It is dedicated to uncrewed flights.

Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
31.423, -104.757