{"id":16411,"date":"2018-07-18T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16411"},"modified":"2018-07-18T11:33:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T15:33:35","slug":"video-watch-blue-origins-new-shepard-fly-to-space-from-west-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16411","title":{"rendered":"Video: Watch Blue Origin&#8217;s New Shepard fly to space from West Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[\u00a0<strong>Update 11:31 EDT<\/strong>: The flight was a success. The crew capsule fired its abort engine and the capsule reached nearly 120 km, considerably higher than previous flights. (100 km is generally accepted as the border line to space.) Here are a couple of screen captures from the webcast:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16416\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16416\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Liftoff.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lift off\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Liftoff&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Liftoff-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16416\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Liftoff-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Liftoff-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Liftoff-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Liftoff-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Liftoff.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Liftoff<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16417\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16417\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16417\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CrewCapsuleDescending.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Crew Capsule Descending\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The crew capsule shortly before landing.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CrewCapsuleDescending-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16417\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CrewCapsuleDescending-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CrewCapsuleDescending-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CrewCapsuleDescending-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CrewCapsuleDescending-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CrewCapsuleDescending.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The crew capsule shortly before landing.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There will be an edited video from Blue later but for now you can watch the flight from the webcast below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 11:05 EDT<\/strong>: There was a hold at T-8:00 but now counting down again.<\/p>\n<p>More about the flight:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2018\/07\/blue-origin-new-shepard-nine-test\/\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2018\/07\/blue-origin-new-shepard-nine-test\/\">Blue Origin to push New Shepard safety regime with ninth test \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/07\/18\/blue-origin-new-shepard-mission-9\/\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/07\/18\/blue-origin-new-shepard-mission-9\/\">Watch live: Blue Origin plans high-altitude escape test on launch Wednesday \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Origin<\/a>, the rocket company owned by Jeff Bezos, plans to fly the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/new-shepard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Shepard<\/a> reusable suborbital rocket vehicle today at 10:00 am CT, 11:00 am ET. There will be a firing of escape motor to test aborts at high altitude.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NRDhdHRyyjc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The vehicle is also carrying several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/news\/news\/payload-manifest-on-mission-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science and technology experiments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">=====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=primemusic&amp;banner=0EBKCF0TBP7RX7TPW482&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=f2f225bb85f1f80a05cfe9bea4e7785f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[\u00a0Update 11:31 EDT: The flight was a success. The crew capsule fired its abort engine and the capsule reached nearly 120 km, considerably higher than previous flights. (100 km is generally accepted as the border line to space.) Here are a couple of screen captures from the webcast: There will be an edited video from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16411\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Watch Blue Origin&#8217;s New Shepard fly to space from West Texas<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,95,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-micro-g-rd","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4gH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13299,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13299","url_meta":{"origin":16411,"position":0},"title":"Video: Blue Origin&#8217;s New Shepard rocket demonstrates safe in-flight abort","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, flew their New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket yesterday. 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