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.
01:26And the rocket and our astronauts are heading up to space.
01:29And 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.
01:40Excuse me, the altimeter on the right and the speedometer on the left.
01:5010,000 feet.
01:59All 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.
02:15We go from 100% power, pull it back a little bit as we go through max Q, and then ramp her back up to 100%.
02:23Max G should be in about 10 seconds.
02:53Max Q has been confirmed.
02:55Again, thank you, everybody, for joining us for New Shepard's 25th mission to space.
03:00So far, a nominal flight.
03:03We 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.
03:18You will know when that happens, when you see the glow of the engine at the base of the rocket go dim.
03:32There we go.
03:36Main engine cutoff confirmed.
03:41Passing 200,000 feet.
03:42Now, with the main engine cutoff, with the BE-3 engine turned off, the vehicle 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 apogee, its highest altitude in the flight of the vehicle.
04:12Now, I understand that separation of the capsule from the booster has been confirmed.
04:19All right, let's do this.
04:22Look at that!
04:24All right, Oliver first!
04:26Let's go!
04:27Oh, we're first!
04:28Woo!
04:29Oh, my God!
04:31Oh, my God!
04:32Oh, my God!
04:33Oh, my God!
04:34Woo!
04:35Wow!
04:36Woo!
04:37Look at the Earth!
04:38Look at the Earth!
04:39Oh, man!
04:40Oh, my God!
04:41Oh, my God!
04:42Oh, my God!
04:43This is, like, insane!
04:44Okay, I got a few things to do.
04:45All right!
04:46Woo-hoo-hoo!
04:47First for you!
04:48Cam appears!
04:49Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
04:50Dude, look at the Earth!
04:51Just look outside!
04:52Oh, my God!
04:53There's just white space!
04:54Dude, white space!
04:55Man is happy about the India with pride!
04:56India with space!
04:57Oh, my God!
04:58Oh, my God!
04:59Oh, my God!
05:00Oh, my God!
05:01Oh, my God!
05:02Oh, my God!
05:03Oh, my God!
05:04Oh, my God!
05:05Oh, my God!
05:06Oh, my God!
05:07Oh, my God!
05:08Oh, my God!
05:09Oh!
05:10Oh, my God!
05:11Oh, my God!
05:12Oh, my God!
05:13Oh, my God!
05:15Hey, there!
05:16Oh, my God!
05:17Oh, my God!
05:18Oh, my God!
05:19Oh, my God!
05:20Oh, my God!
05:21Oh, my God!
05:22Oh, my God!
05:24Oh, my God!
05:25Oh, my God!
05:26Oh, my God!
05:28All right!
05:29You see 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.
05:40in half. Also at the top of the rocket there, you see the forward fins. They kind of look
05:47like pie slices, one on each quadrant. That helps keep the vehicle stable. And there we
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