NS-26 Mission: Blue Origin Hides Parachute Sequence After Previous Failure!

you go to the barn which is where we we keep and maintain the vehicles this is um you know there's a lot of thought that has been put into that training program um and you know I I can't give enough kudos to the entire team also to the crew member sevens that that are kind of the face of it as well there's a really good balance of making sure you've got enough information but you also know that n you don't need to know everything that's going on you see the Gantry has retracted these astronauts are going to space with that I'm going to turn it over to our mission control team godspeed new Shepherd and enjoy the flight astronauts see you when to get home 109 [Music] 6 5 4 just start 2 [Music] 1 shepher is clear the tower There She Goes new shepher has clear the tower on its way to space with its crew of six they are screaming up towards the Carmen line you can see the speedometer on your bottom left there as well as the altimeter and we're going to follow along with the flight on the left side of your screen with those mil Stones first one coming up here is Max Q [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Max Q has been confirmed maximum Dynamic pressure it's when the forces on the vehicle between the atmosphere and the speed are at their are maximum we've punched right through it as well as punch through that layer of clouds the vehicle continues on its upward Ascent toward space if you are just joining us we've had a clean liftoff of new Shepherd's 26th flight in this program we are witnessing the eighth human space flight of new Shepard We Have astronauts 38 through 43 on the vehicle on its way to space our next Milestone here is main engine cut off and what we'll witness is the speed will start to come down but the uh the Excel excuse me the the altitude will continue to go up when the speed hits zero means we have hit apigy and Jackie I think one of the other cool part of this program is that we slow you see that kind of slight little hot dog roll we got going on of the rocket we just want to give what it's really is just to give the astronauts each of 360° view as they're going up which is so cool all right main engine cut off and separation have been confirmed and Jackie this is when our our astronauts are feeling zero g Dr Rob furl is going to start his his experiments up there in the cabin hopefully after a little time to look out the window pre experimentation I would totally steal at least a a couple of looks out of the big gorgeous Windows just want to give it's really is just to give the astronauts each 360° view as they're going up which is so cool all right main engine cut off and separation have been confirmed and Jackie this is when our our astronauts are feeling zero g Dr Rob furl is going to start his his experiments up there in the cabin hopefully after a little time to look out the window pre- experimentation I would totally steal at least a a couple of looks out of the big gorgeous Windows 328,000 ft or 100 km [Music] up and there it is apigy about 340,000 ft all [Music] ASA heard all six astronauts are back in their seat and the booster is screaming on home yeah as we mentioned that booster is going to return to Earth a lot faster than the capsule because of the aerodynamic nature of the crew capsule is coming back to the [Music] clouds that's a sweet view of the booster as it's coming back through the atmosphere here [Music] as we see the drag brakes have been deployed there's the relight of that be3 engine that gorgeous hover Above The Landing Pad off you tou down on and booster touchdown a successful touchdown of the booster for the NS 26 Mission always a sight to see always a sight to see really I mean it's been going thousands of miles per hour and then it comes in landing you see it just kind of hovers there at 5 m an hour it's such a smooth Mo descent and it's and landing and to as as a reminder to people this is so critical to the reusability because the the smoother The Landing the less you jostle the rocket the less you have to refurbish the rocket the more you can more uses you can get out of the rocket absolutely and they essential in providing a gentle touchdown for the capsule but as we get closer to the ground here you're going to see a retro thrust system on the base of the capsule um which does kick up a bit of West Texas dust but it makes for an even smoother touchdown then again you know like you said the already slow speed that the capsule is descending at now we're just 400 ft away from touchdown again stay tuned for that retro thrust system here and crew capsule touchdown welcome home to the newest 6 astronauts the blue steel team once more what appears to be a completely smooth flight for new Shephard uh our booster touching down at the at the landing pad and a soft Landing for our latest crew just a beautiful flight up and back I mean that is just one of the the the cleanest flights I've seen from this rocket but behind every rocket is an extraord AR team so a big shout out to the entire new Shepherd program what a beautiful flight today and another congratulations to the six newest astronauts what a day it has been now our capsule uh recovery team is currently going to be driving out to the Convoy to meet the capsule they're going to say [Music] [Music]