Highlights From The Launch Of Blue Origin NS-25 Crew Enjoying Zero-G

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A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launched the NS-25 mission from Texas.  Watch the crew enjoying zero-g and flight highlights.   According to Space.com, the Six people aboard were Ed Dwight, the U.S.'s first-ever Black astronaut candidate; venture capitalist Mason Angel; Sylvain Chiron, the founder of French craft brewery Brasserie Mont Blanc; entrepreneur Kenneth L. Hess; retired accountant Carol Schaller; and pilot and aviator Gopi Thotakura.  Credit: Blue Origin

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00:00All right, let's do this.

00:03Look at that!

00:05All right, over first!

00:07Over first!

00:09Woo!

00:11Oh my God!

00:13Oh my God!

00:15Look at this!

00:17Look at the Earth!

00:19Look at the Earth!

00:21Oh man!

00:23Oh my God!

00:25This is like...

00:27This is like insane!

00:29Okay, I got a few things to do.

00:33All right!

00:35First for you!

00:37Cam appears!

00:39Dude, look at the Earth!

00:41Just look outside!

00:43Oh my God!

00:45Where's face?

00:47Man is happy, buddy!

00:49India with pride!

00:51India to space!

00:53India to space!

00:55Woohoo!

00:57Hey there!

00:59Eight...

01:01Seven...

01:02Six...

01:03Five...

01:04Four...

01:05Command engine start...

01:06Two...

01:07One...

01:08Zero...

01:09Ignition...

01:10Start...

01:11Two...

01:12New Shepard has cleared the tower!

01:13Woo!

01:14New Shepard has cleared the tower!

01:15The rocket and our astronauts are heading up to space!

01:21Now you can follow along on the bottom left of your screen, the altimeter on the left...

01:26The rocket and our astronauts are heading up to space.

01:33Now you can follow along on the bottom left of your screen, the altimeter on the left,

01:39excuse me, the altimeter on the right and the speedometer on the left.

01:4910,000 feet.

01:56All right, as we go through this flight, there are a couple of milestones here.

02:08The first one will be max Q.

02:11That's when the dynamic pressures are the highest on the vehicle.

02:16We go from 100% power, pull it back a little bit as we go through max Q,

02:21and then ramp her back up to 100%.

02:24Max G should be in about 10 seconds.

02:29Okay, maximum pressure.

02:3650,000 feet.

02:37Max G should be in about 10 seconds.

02:40Whoa.

02:43Wow.

02:45Max Q has been confirmed.

02:55Again, thank you, everybody, for joining us for New Shepard's 25th mission to space.

03:01So far in nominal flight, we have gone through max Q.

03:04100,000 feet.

03:06And the vehicle will continue to climb under full power of the BE-3 engine.

03:14The next milestone will be main engine cutoff.

03:19You will know when that happens when you see the glow of the engine at the base of the rocket go dim.

03:27There we go.

03:28Main engine cutoff confirmed.

03:29Passing 200,000 feet.

03:30Now, with the main engine cut off, with the BE-3 engine turned off, the vehicle continues to climb up towards its apogee,

03:44but as you will see on the left side, the speedometer will come down.

04:00And once that speedometer hits zero, that's when you know exactly that the vehicle has hit apogee,

04:07its highest altitude in the flight of the vehicle.

04:14Now, I understand that separation of the capsule from the booster has been confirmed.

04:19All right, let's do this.

04:21All right, Oliver first.

04:26Oh, we're first!

04:28Oh, we're first!

04:29Woo!

04:30Oh, my God!

04:31Oh, my God!

04:32Oh, my God!

04:33Oh, my God!

04:34Look at the Earth!

04:35Look at the Earth!

04:36Oh, man!

04:37Oh, my God!

04:38Oh, my God!

04:39This is, like, insane!

04:40Okay, I've got a few things to do.

04:41All right, first for you.

04:42Cam appears!

04:43Woo-hoo-hoo!

04:44Dude, look at the Earth!

04:45Just look outside!

04:46Oh, my God!

04:47Oh, my God!

04:48That's what its face!

04:49Dude!

04:50My face!

04:51Man is happy, but...

04:52India with pride!

04:53India with бог!

04:54India with space!

04:55Oh my God!

04:56Oh, my God!

04:57Oh, my God!

04:58Oh, my God!

05:00This is like, insane!

05:01Okay, I got a few things to do.

05:02All right!

05:03Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

05:05Famer appears!

05:06Dude, look at the Earth!

05:08Just look outside!

05:09Look outside!

05:10Thank God!

05:11Indiana's face! Woo-hoo!

05:15Hey, there!

05:26All right, you see the, excuse me, the booster that is headed down.

05:33You see the drag fins, the drag brakes that have just deployed.

05:37Those cut the speed of the booster in half.

05:41Also at the top of the rocket there, you see the forward fins.

05:46They kind of look like pie slices, one on each quadrant.

05:50That helps keep the vehicle stable.

05:52And there we go, BE-3 engine relight.

06:01Landing gear deployed.

06:0650 feet, 8 feet, press second.

06:08Touchdown.

06:12All the sudden, start it.

06:14And touchdown.

06:16Welcome home, New Shepard.

06:17What a beautiful flight to space and back for that booster.

06:24But the show is not over.

06:29The crew capsule has deployed its guide parachutes and its mains.

06:35Everything looking nominal on today's flight.

06:45Looks like we do have two parachutes that have full inflation.

06:49The third is not quite fully inflated.

06:52But actually, Jackie, this is part of the design.

06:59We're one of the, in fact, we were talking about my webcast.

07:03The first webcast that we did, we actually, we tested a shootout.

07:07There are multiple redundant factors in this system.

07:13And so landing with two parachutes is perfectly okay for this system.

07:18You'll also see the dust take out of the base of the capsule as she comes in to land.

07:25That is the air cushioning system.

07:27It's going to kick up a lot of that West Texas dust you just talked about.

07:30But also, there it is, touchdown of the crew capsule.

07:37A beautiful flight for our rocket, for our crew capsule, for our six new astronauts,

07:45Mason, Sylvain, Ken, Carol, Gopi, and Ed.

07:49You are officially astronauts.

07:52Welcome home, everybody.

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