New Shepard
New Shepard is Blue Origin's fully reusable, autonomous suborbital human-spaceflight system. Its two independently recoverable elements are a pressurized six-person crew capsule and a BE-3PM-powered vertical-landing propulsion module. The program began full-scale flight testing in 2015 and entered crewed commercial service in 2021.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Blue Origin New ShepardNew Shepard launch systemNew Shepard suborbital vehicle
- Family Name
- New Shepard
- Full Name
- New Shepard
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- New Shepard is Blue Origin's fully reusable, autonomous suborbital human-spaceflight system. Its two independently recoverable elements are a pressurized six-person crew capsule and a BE-3PM-powered vertical-landing propulsion module. The program began full-scale flight testing in 2015 and entered crewed commercial service in 2021.
- First Flight Year
- 2,015
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- first-stage
- Variant Notes
- One exact Blue Origin BE-3PM liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen engine powers New Shepard's reusable propulsion module and performs the landing burn.
- Name
- New Shepard BE-3PM propulsion module
- Notes
- Applies to the reusable New Shepard propulsion module/booster only; the crew capsule is a separate recoverable element and is not assigned a propulsion entry here.
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- fully_reusable
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Shepard
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 14:21:49 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:47:07 UTC
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