Launch details

New Shepard | NS-28

Blue Origin

Commercial USA

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch

Corn Ranch

Nov 22 at 09:30am

Launchpad time-0600

Nov 22 at 03:30pm

Your local time+0000

Current status

Go for Launch

New Shepard

Launch vehicle

NS-28

Mission

31.4229

Latitude

-104.7571

Longitude

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24 hours before launch

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1 hour before launch

Note: For all launches the scheduled launch dates and times are subject to change due to weather, equipment, crew and other factors.

Mission description

Twenty-eighth flight of New Shepard carrying six passengers.

NS-28

Livestream

Attending a launch in person

Not open to the public. Blue Origin advise that they do not recommend people try to view their launches in person. Road closures by local law enforcement are used to eliminate potential viewing areas. The closest point on nearby Highway 54 is about 8 kilometers from the launch pad but it's difficult to say how much of the road will be closed on launch day.

How to get there

The closest commercial airport is El Paso International Airport in El Paso, Texas.

Driving from the airport it'll take 2 hours to get to nearby Van Horn and then a further 30 minutes to Corn Ranch.

Accomodation

Nearby hotels in Van Horn.

Nearby parking

Parking not available on-site.

Agency details

Blue Origin is a private aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, aiming to make space travel more accessible through reusable rockets. Its New Shepard suborbital rocket is designed for space tourism, while the New Glenn orbital rocket is in development for more extensive missions, emphasizing sustainable spaceflight.