Blue Origin Completes 29th New Shepard Mission, Successfully Simulates Lunar Gravity
4 Feb 2025
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BLUE ORIGIN: Blue Origin successfully completed its 29th New Shepard flight and 14th payload mission today from Launch Site One in West Texas. The payloads experienced roughly two minutes of lunar gravity forces. The New Shepard crew capsule used its reaction control system to spin up to approximately 11 revolutions per minute, simulating one-sixth Earth gravity at the midpoint of the crew capsule lockers.
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