Blue Origin's New Shepard launch featured a new 'free flying' camera that was deployed to capture capsule separation. See the amazing view and the launch through landing.
Credit: Blue Origin / Jeff Bezos | edited by Steve Spaleta
00:30it is time to go so we're gonna hand it off to mission control and launch this
00:36rocket go new shepherd go ten nine eight seven six five four command to end this
00:47start two one
00:53mission
00:56down the top
01:05and new shepherd has cleared the tower if you're following along from home you can note the speed and
01:13altitude graphics on your screen to the left and as the capsule and the booster separate you'll also
01:19be able to see those graphics split and follow their ascent and descent as well and right now
01:26the engine is at one hundred percent power level a beautiful shot there of the ve3 begin throttle
01:36down for q limiting engine response nominal
01:43and here we are approaching our q bucket what is that for our viewers who don't know it's where there's
01:50maximum dynamic pressure oh we have the max aerodynamic stress um on the vehicle and so
01:55we're actually going to power down the engine as we go through that bucket excellent mock one vehicle
02:01supersonic
02:02engine maintaining full throttle
02:08chamber pressure is nominal
02:16we're about a minute and a half just passing sixty thousand feet
02:22we're about a minute and a half just passing sixty thousand feet
02:41i love shots like this where you can just see the glow of the engine yeah the ve3 shining bright a great shot from our long range camera
02:49over 100 000 feet now and we've also got a camera there on the booster looking back down on west texas
02:56begins rattle down stand by miko
03:03for our viewers who are just joining us and don't know miko is our main engine cutoff
03:12miko confirmed and there you have it
03:27stand by separation separation confirmed
03:33and as i mentioned if you look to the left hand side of your screen you'll notice that the telemetry has split so you'll be able to follow the
03:41capsule and the booster separately they reach apogee at right about the same time look good
03:48you'll also notice on your screen we've reached zero g i know there's so many students and teachers watching today we say hello to you and we are also excited to learn more about the
03:55the experiments and results of those experiments
04:10We've reached zero G.
04:12I know there are so many students and teachers
04:14watching today.
04:15We say hello to you and we are also excited
04:17to learn more about your experiments
04:19and the results of those experiments.
04:21The capsule has passed the Karman line.
04:23And there you have it.
04:24The capsule has passed the Karman line.
04:26And yeah, we can't wait to learn more
04:28once NS35 returns back to West Texas.
04:40I always think it's so cool to have that split screen
04:48where you can see Texas from the booster
04:50and we've got that long range camera
04:52that I know it's kind of hard to see,
04:54but we do have the booster and the capsule there.
04:56Capsule aperture at 345,000 feet.
05:03Yeah, soon on the image on the right,
05:05we'll be able to see.
05:06Oh, you can kind of see it.
05:07You can see two little dots.
05:09That is the capsule and the booster.
05:14They've reached Apogee.
05:15They've crossed the Karman line.
05:16And now they are making their way back down to West Texas.
05:20And since we do have so many students watching today,
05:23Claire, do you want to kind of explain why
05:24the booster will land first?
05:27Yeah, so the booster is going to land
05:30about two miles north of the launch pad.
05:33And it is more aerodynamic, so it is going to go
05:38through the air a lot faster than the capsule.
05:40Therefore, it's going to land before the crew capsule lands.
05:43That's right.
05:43The crew capsule, as you notice, is more of a teardrop shape.
05:46Booster descent nominal through 300,000 feet.
05:48And we are watching the booster and the capsule
05:56from our long-range cameras out in West Texas.
05:58Capsule body rates look good.
05:59Just over five minutes into NS35.
06:06Booster descent nominal.
06:20The booster coming in under 200,000 feet.
06:33An autonomous landing is what you'll see.
06:37Again, as Claire mentioned, about two miles from our launch pad.
06:40Capsule has reached atmospheric pierce point.
06:43Confirmed booster forward fin deploys.
06:50So those forward fins are some of our aerodynamic surfaces
06:54that help us fly and return back to the landing pad.
06:59Here comes the booster.
07:23Booster just passed six and a half minutes into flight.
07:30Great shot there.
07:34Booster drag brakes deployed.
07:39And now we're coming up to my favorite part is when we will actually relight the engine
07:44and the booster lands.
07:46Let's see it.
07:51Engine restart.
07:57Booster touchdown.
08:01Welcome home, New Shepard booster.
08:16Welcome home, New Shepard booster.
08:18Booster, yes, beautiful touchdown and great shots from our camera operators.
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