Space · launch vehicle
New Shepard
BO
RETIRED
REUSABLE
At a glance
Launches
38
Success rate
97.4%
37 ok · 1 failed
Payload to LEO
0 kg
Payload to GTO
0 kg
Manufacturer
Blue OriginStatus
RetiredFirst flight
29 Apr 2015Reusable
YesHeight
15 mDiameter
3.7 mLaunch mass
75 tLiftoff thrust
490 kNStages
1Launch cost
—Booster landings
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The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.
Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026