{"id":17506,"date":"2021-08-18T19:13:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-leaving-humans-behind-as-next-mission-will-carry-scientific-and-research-payloads\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T19:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:13:27","slug":"blue-origin-leaving-humans-behind-as-next-mission-will-carry-scientific-and-research-payloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-leaving-humans-behind-as-next-mission-will-carry-scientific-and-research-payloads\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin leaving humans behind as next mission will carry scientific and research payloads"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_637055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-637055\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-637055\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/blueoriginrocket-630x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/blueoriginrocket-630x473.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/blueoriginrocket-1260x945.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/blueoriginrocket-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/blueoriginrocket-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/blueoriginrocket-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-637055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Blue Origin Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jeff Bezos and his crewmates won\u2019t be hopping aboard for a suborbital redo on the next New Shepard mission. The Amazon founder\u2019s space venture announced Wednesday that the 17th flight of the reusable rocket ship will carry scientific and research payloads.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin scheduled the launch for 6:35 a.m. PT on Aug. 25 from its West Texas facility. It\u2019s the fourth flight for the program in 2021 and the eighth for this particular vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The NS-17 mission will carry NASA lunar landing technologies being tested to help reduce risk and increase confidence for successful missions to the moon. The payload, which flew in a previous experiment on Oct. 13, 2020, is mounted to the exterior of the rocket booster. According to Blue Origin, information from the first flight informed improvements to technology that determines a spacecraft\u2019s location and speed as it approaches the surface of the moon.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin\u2019s continued interest and work on future moon missions comes in the wake of the company\u2019s recent legal action&nbsp;against the U.S. government. Blue Origin is suing NASA over its decision to award a $2.9 billion contract to Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX to build what would be the first lunar lander to carry astronauts to the moon since the Apollo era.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=kslosh&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1428045790811938823&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2021%2Fblue-origin-leaving-humans-behind-next-mission-will-carry-scientific-research-payloads%2F&amp;sessionId=da932b2f31a127082b23b5355bf2fa49e5a16f66&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1428045790811938823\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782800227739606647=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This will be the eighth flight of the RSS HG Wells spacecraft, which last launched in October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin Plans to use this vehicle for uncrewed flights, and the newer RSS First Step, which launched Jeff Bezos, for future human flights. https:\/\/t.co\/qm1wa7e1cP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) August 18, 2021<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>NS-17 will also carry 18 commercial payloads inside the crew capsule, 11 of which are NASA supported.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket will also have another unique payload on the exterior \u2014 an art installation called \u201cSuborbital Tryptych,\u201d a series of three portraits by Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo painted on the top of the crew capsule on the main chute covers. \u201cThe portraits capture the artist, his mother, and a friend\u2019s mother \u2026 and is part of Uplift Aerospace\u2019s Uplift Art Program, whose purpose is to inspire new ideas and generate dialog by making space accessible and connected to the human experience,\u201d Blue Origin said.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos and three crewmates took a 10-minute ride as the first humans aboard a New Shepard ship on July 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos and his crewmates won\u2019t be hopping aboard for a suborbital redo on the next New Shepard mission. The Amazon founder\u2019s space venture announced Wednesday that the 17th flight of the reusable rocket ship will carry scientific and research payloads. Blue Origin scheduled the launch for 6:35 a.m. PT on Aug. 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