Blue Origin NS-17: New Shepard launch and landing, 26 August 2021

The New Shepard reusable launch system was launched from and landed at Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas, on 26 August 2021, at 14:31 UTC (09:31 CDT). During the mission, NASA’s lunar landing technology demonstration was tested for the second time on the exterior of the booster, 18 commercial payloads were inside the crew capsule (11 NASA-supported) and an art installation was present on the exterior of the capsule. NS-17 is the eight mission, launch and landing, for this New Shepard launch vehicle. Credit: Blue Origin