2 days ago · “New Shepard’s ability to provide a lunar gravity environment is an extremely unique and valuable capability as researchers set their sights on a return to the Moon,” said Phil Joyce, senior ...

2 days ago · The New Shepard mission is far from the first to carry scientific payloads to the edge of space, but it was the first to mimic the moon's gravity.. The gravitational pull of the lunar surface is ...

3 days ago · During the flight, the capsule created "lunar gravity forces" — a first for a New Shepard mission. It did so by rotating about 11 times per minute for roughly two minutes, which the capsule ...

18 hours ago · Lunar Gravity Simulated for Research Payloads. According to reports, the NS-29 mission introduced a lunar gravity simulation for the first time using the New Shepard vehicle. The capsule achieved this by rotating approximately 11 times per minute for a duration of two minutes, a manoeuvre facilitated by its reaction-control thrusters.

3 days ago · Instead, it was a flight test aboard a vehicle adapted to simulate lunar gravity for approximately two minutes. The test began on February 4, 2025, with the 10:00 a.m. CST launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket system in West Texas.

2 days ago · “New Shepard’s ability to provide a lunar gravity environment is an extremely unique and valuable capability as researchers set their sights on a return to the moon,” Joyce said.

Jan 24, 2025 · The payloads will experience at least two minutes of lunar gravity forces, a first for New Shepard and made possible in part through support from NASA. The flight will test six broad lunar technology areas: In-situ resource utilization, dust mitigation, advanced habitation systems, sensors and instrumentation, small spacecraft technologies, and ...

2 days ago · Blue Origin's NS-29 New Shepard rocket will launch a moon gravity flight on Feb. 4 at 11:00 a.m. EST (1600 GMT) if all goes well. ... You'll be able to watch Blue Origin's NS-29 lunar gravity ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Seventeen technologies are expected to fly aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket system on an upcoming flight test. The flight is expected to provide approximately two minutes of simulated lunar gravity, allowing researchers to test and de-risk innovations that could address critical shortfalls for the Artemis program ...

Mar 9, 2021 · Blue Origin’s new lunar gravity testing capability – projected to be available in late 2022 – is answering that need. New Shepard’s upgrades will allow the vehicle to use its reaction control system to impart a rotation on the capsule.