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...

01:11New Shepard has cleared the tower!

01:19The rocket and our astronauts are heading up to space!

01:20New Shepard has cleared the tower, and the rocket and our astronauts are heading up to

01:31space.

01:32Now 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.

01:47All right, as we go through this flight, there are a couple of milestones here.

02:08The first one will be max Q, that'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, and then ramp

02:21her back up to 100%.

02:23Max G should be in about 10 seconds.

02:28Max Q has been confirmed.

02:29Again, thank you, everybody, for joining us for New Shepard's 25th minute break.

02:35So far in nominal flight, we have gone through max Q.

02:41Max Q has been confirmed.

02:42Again, 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.

03:04And the vehicle will continue to climb under full power of the BE-3 engine.

03:15The next milestone will be main engine cutoff.

03:18You will know when that happens, when you see the glow of the engine at the base of the

03:23rocket go dim.

03:27There we go, main engine cutoff confirmed.

03:38Now, with the main engine cutoff with the BE-3, excuse me, the BE-3 engine turned off, the

03:53vehicle continues to climb up towards its apogee.

03:56But 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

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

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

04:20All right, let's do this.

04:26We're first!

04:27We're first!

04:28We'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.

04:42First for you!

04:43Cam appears!

04:44Woohoo!

04:45Dude, look at the Earth!

04:46Just look outside!

04:47Oh my God!

04:48That's my face!

04:49Dude, my face!

04:51Man is happy, but the...

04:52India with pride!

04:53India with space!

04:54India with space!

04:55India with space!

04:56Woohoo!

04:57Oh my God!

04:58Oh my God!

04:59Oh my God!

05:00This is like insane!

05:01Okay, I've got a few things to do!

05:02All right!

05:03First for you!

05:04Cam appears!

05:05Woohoo!

05:06Woohoo!

05:07Dude, look at the Earth!

05:09Just look outside!

05:10Look at the Earth!

05:11Just look outside!

05:12All right, you see the, excuse me, the booster that is headed down.

05:32You see the drag fins, the drag brakes that have just deployed.

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

05:40Also at the top of the rocket there, you see the forward fins.

05:46They kind of look like pie slices in one on each quadrant that helps keep the vehicle stable.

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

06:0250 feet, 8 feet, press second.

06:10Touchdown.

06:12Auto 7 started.

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.

06:28The crew capsule has deployed its guide parachutes and its mains.

06:37Everything looking nominal on today's flight.

06:40Looks like we do have two parachutes that have full inflation.

06:49The third is not quite fully inflated.

06:53But actually, Jackie, this is part of the design.

06:59One of the, in fact, we were talking about my webcast.

07:02The 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.

07:24And that is the air cushioning system.

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

07:31But 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,

07:44Mason, Sylvain, Ken, Carol, Gopi, and Ed.

07:49You are officially astronauts.

07:52Welcome home, everybody.

07:54Welcome home, everybody.

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