{"id":14735,"date":"2017-04-06T19:55:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T11:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-blue-origins-new-shepard-booster-on-display\/"},"modified":"2017-04-06T19:55:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T11:55:18","slug":"photos-blue-origins-new-shepard-booster-on-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-blue-origins-new-shepard-booster-on-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard booster on display"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Scarred from five trips to the edge of space and back, Blue Origin\u2019s privately-developed New Shepard rocket was on vertical display this week at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n

The single-stage rocket is now retired and will eventually go into a museum after a traveling \u201croad show\u201d around the country, according to Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n

The New Shepard was the first vehicle to fly above the Karman line around 62 miles (100 kilometers) above Earth, the internationally-recognized boundary of space, then return to the ground with a vertical landing using rocket thrust.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Engineers were not sure the New Shepard would survive its last mission in October, when a prototype crew capsule mounted atop the rocket fired a solid rocket motor in a test of the escape system that would whisk passengers away from a failing launcher.<\/p>\n

The New Shepard was not designed to survive such a maneuver, but the rocket\u2019s BE-3 main engine continued firing, propelling the rocket into space and then reigniting for landing at Bezos\u2019s West Texas ranch.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The images show the BE-3 engine, which can throttle up to 110,000 pounds of thrust, the New Shepard\u2019s four landing legs, and the ring attach point for Blue Origin\u2019s crew capsule.<\/p>\n

Blue Origin hopes to begin test flights on another New Shepard rocket now under construction with passengers on-board as soon as next year.<\/p>\n

Read our full story for more details.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Credit: Stephen Clark\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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