The capsule flown this morning was NS-4, the first one equipped for human flight. I would suspect that an earlier one was at the show.
The capsule flown this morning was NS-4, the first one equipped for human flight. I would suspect that an earlier one was at the show.
Thanks for the clue on serial numbers.
Looking further into it, it looks to me that the NS-# designation is for the booster.
https://spacelaunchnow.me/vehicle/launcher/90/
Serial numbers for Missions are M#.
So from https://en.wanweibaike.com/wiki-New_Shepard_3, there is a photo captioned NS-2 was at Oshkosh.
On page https://en.wanweibaike.com/wiki-New_...#New_Shepard_2, it says NS-2 had 5 flights, and didn't fly after October 5, 2016.
I see on page https://spacelaunchnow.me/vehicle/spacecraft/21/, that Crew Capsule 2.0 was used on today's flight. That capsule had its first flight on December 17, 2017.
And reading some other news articles from 2017, it looks like I didn't remember things correctly. The capsule there was a mockup; not a capsule intended for flight.
Last edited by PaulDow; 07-20-2021 at 08:42 AM.
What did they use to power it??? 2D cell batteries???
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