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00:32It is time to go, so we're going to hand it off to Mission Control and launch this rocket.
00:37Go, New Shepard, go.
00:3810, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, Command 10 to start, 2, 1, Mission, and liftoff.
01:05And New Shepard has cleared the tower.
01:09If you're following along from home, you can note the speed and altitude graphics on your
01:14screen to the left.
01:16And as the capsule and the booster separate, you'll also be able to see those graphics split
01:20and follow their ascent and descent as well.
01:25And right now, the engine is at 100% power level.
01:31A beautiful shot there of the BE-3.
01:35Begin throttle down for Q limiting.
01:40Engine response nominal.
01:44And here we are approaching our Q bucket.
01:47What is that?
01:48For our viewers who don't know.
01:49It's where there's...
01:50Max Q, maximum dynamic pressure.
01:51Oh, we have the max aerodynamic stress on the vehicle, and so we're actually going to power
01:56down the engine as we go through that bucket.
01:59Excellent.
02:00Mach 1, vehicle is supersonic.
02:05Engine maintaining full throttle.
02:17Chamber pressure is nominal.
02:23We're about a minute and a half, just passing 60,000 feet.
02:41I love shots like this where you can just see the glow of the engine.
02:44Yeah, the BE-3 shining bright.
02:47A great shot from our long-range camera.
02:50Over 100,000 feet now.
02:53And we've also got a camera there on the booster looking back down on West Texas.
03:02Begin throttle down.
03:03Stand by MECO.
03:08For our viewers who are just joining us and don't know, MECO is our main engine cutoff.
03:14MECO confirmed.
03:16And there you have it.
03:27Stand by separation.
03:29Separation confirmed.
03:34And as I mentioned, if you look to the left-hand side of your screen, you'll notice that the telemetry
03:40has split, so you'll be able to follow the capsule and the booster separately.
03:44They reach apogee at right about the same time.
04:08You'll also notice on your screen, we've reached zero G.
04:12I know there are so many students and teachers watching today.
04:15We say hello to you, and we are also excited to learn more about your experiments and the results
04:19of those experiments.
04:21The capsule has passed the Kármán line.
04:23And there you have it.
04:24The capsule has passed the Kármán line.
04:27And, yeah, we can't wait to learn more once NS35 returns back to West Texas.
04:46I always think it's so cool to have that split screen where you can see Texas from the booster,
04:50and we've got that long-range camera that I know it's kind of hard to see, but we do have
04:54the booster
04:55and the capsule there.
04:56Capsule apogee at 345,000 feet.
05:02Yeah, soon on the image on the right, we'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 Kármán line, and now they are making their way back down to West Texas.
05:20And since we do have so many students watching today, Claire, do you want to kind of explain why?
05:24Minutes 35.
05:25The booster will land first.
05:27Yeah, so the booster is going to land about two miles north of the launch pad,
05:33and it is more aerodynamic, so it is going to go through the air a lot faster than the capsule.
05:40Therefore, it's going to land before the crew capsule lands.
05:42That's right.
05:43The crew capsule, as you notice, is more of a teardrop shape.
05:46Booster descent nominal through 300,000 feet.
05:52And we are watching the booster and the capsule from our long-range cameras out in West Texas.
05:58Capsule body rates look good.
06:03Just over five minutes into NS35.
06:19Booster descent nominal.
06:28Booster descent nominal.
06:34An 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.
06:47Confirm booster forward fin deploys.
06:50So those forward fins are some of our aerodynamic surfaces that help us fly and return back to the landing
06:59pad.
06:59So those forward fins are some of our aerodynamic surfaces that help us fly and return back to the landing
07:19pad.
07:21Here comes the booster.
07:27Just past 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 and the booster
07:45lands.
07:46Let's see it.
07:54Engine restart.
08:13Booster touchdown.
08:15Welcome home, New Shepard booster.
08:15Welcome home, New Shepard booster.
08:19Yes, beautiful touchdown and great shots from our camera operators.
08:23We'll see you soon onrage STA with somebody in un goods hours.
08:25We'll see you soon.
08:28We'll see you soon.
08:35So today we'll be back with us.
08:36Bye bye bye.
08:51Bye bye bye.
08:52maj marshes.
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