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Forum:	Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic:	Blue Origin New Shepard: Mission 18 (NS-18)

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Blue Origin release <blockquote>Blue Origin announces next customers to fly on New Shepard's upcoming human flightToday (Sept. 27), <a href="https://www.blueorigin.com/" target="AirLock">Blue Origin</a> announced New Shepard's 18th mission, NS-18, will lift off on Tuesday, October 12, carrying four astronauts to space and back, including Dr. Chris Boshuizen, a former NASA engineer and co-founder of Planet Labs, and Glen de Vries, Vice-Chair, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Dassault Systèmes and co-founder, Medidata. The two other astronauts will be announced in the coming days.Liftoff is currently targeted for 8:30 a.m. CDT (13:30 UTC) from Launch Site One in West Texas. This flight follows Blue Origin's <a href="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum35/HTML/001042.html">successful first human flight</a> on July 20 which included Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and Blue Origin's first customer, Oliver Daemen.Also on board NS-18 will be thousands of postcards from Blue Origin's foundation, Club for the Future. Meet Dr. Chris Boshuizen Chris's career has been dedicated to pushing the boundaries of space and igniting youth excitement in pursuing careers in STEM. He co-founded Planet Labs (Planet) in 2010 and served as the CTO for five years. Under his technical leadership Planet became the first company to commercially utilize nanosatellites, and now—having launched over 450 satellites—provides daily, global mapping of our changing planet from space. <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/blue_origin_ns18_crew_boshuizen01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/blue_origin_ns18_crew_boshuizen01.jpg" width="400" height="534" border="0"></a></center> From 2008 to 2012, Chris served as a Space Mission Architect at NASA's Ames Research Center where he co-invented the NASA Phonesat, a free-flying orbital satellite built out of an ordinary smartphone. While at NASA, Chris also established Singularity University, a school for studying the consequences of accelerating technological development. While pursuing his BSc and then PhD in Physics from the University of Sydney, he organized several international space conferences for the youth of the world. He also served as the first Executive Director of the Space Generation Advisory Council. "This is a fulfillment of my greatest childhood dream," said Dr. Chris Boshuizen. "More importantly, though, I see this flight as an opportunity to inspire students to pursue careers in STEM and catalyze the next generation of space explorers. After all, our future of life in space is in their very capable hands." Meet Glen de Vries Glen de Vries co-founded Medidata Solutions in 1999, the world's most used clinical research platform. The company's software has powered over 25,000 clinical trials with more than seven million patients in every therapeutic area, from vaccines to cancers and rare diseases. He is the Vice Chair of Life Sciences and Healthcare at Dassault Systèmes, which acquired Medidata in 2019. Glen serves as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University, is the author of "The Patient Equation," and is an instrument rated private pilot. <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/blue_origin_ns18_crew_vries01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/blue_origin_ns18_crew_vries01.jpg" width="400" height="500" border="0"></a></center> "I've spent my entire career working to extend people's lives. However, with limited materials and energy on Earth, extending our reach into space can help humanity continue to thrive," said Glen de Vries. "Furthermore, astronauts can experience the 'overview effect,' gaining a new perspective on how fragile and precious our planet, those resources, and our civilization are. Playing a part in advancing the space industry and one day making those resources and that understanding available to everyone, is an incredible opportunity. I've been passionate about aviation and space for as long as I can remember, so this flight is truly a dream come true."</blockquote> <a name="100421a"></a></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>collectSPACE <blockquote><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-100421a-blue-origin-ns18-william-shatner-crew.html">Star Trek's William Shatner to fly to space for real on Blue Origin's New Shepard</a>William Shatner is about to go where he has never gone before — at least not in real life.The actor, who originated the role of James T. Kirk, the captain of the starship Enterprise on the 1966 TV series "Star Trek," is set to actually launch into space on the next flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard, the company announced on Monday (Oct. 4).</blockquote> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-100421a-blue-origin-ns18-william-shatner-crew.html" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/images/news-100421a-lg.jpg" width="400" height="265" border="0"></a></center></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Blue Origin release <blockquote>Due to Weather, New Target Date for NS-18Due to the forecast of winds on Tuesday, October 12, Blue Origin's mission operations team has made the decision to delay the launch of NS-18 and is now targeting Wednesday, October 13. Liftoff from Launch Site One is currently targeted for 8:30 am CDT (13:30 UTC) on Wednesday. As part of today's Flight Readiness Review, the mission operations team confirmed the vehicle has met all mission requirements and astronauts began their training today. Weather is the only gating factor for the launch window.</blockquote></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Blue Origin update <blockquote>New Shepard NS-18 is go for launch!The mission team has completed the Flight Readiness Evaluation prior to NS-18. This is our final meeting with the engineers and Mission Control team to ensure all systems are go for launch.Lead flight director Nick Patrick sat down with Ariane Cornell this morning to provide a status update on the NS-18 mission and our approach to safety.<center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9C2WRgBruy4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>

Forecasted winds at launch have subsided and weather currently looks good for Wednesday. Liftoff is now targeted for 9:00 am CDT / 14:00 UTC due to forecasted winds at rollout.

Today, astronauts are getting familiar with the launch tower, redundant safety features of the New Shepard crew capsule, as well as, ingress and egress procedures. Astronaut training will be completed at the end of the day.

What to expect on launch day:

T-7.5 hrs: Rocket rolls out to launch pad
T-3 hrs: Propellant load begins
T-45 mins: Go for astronaut load & proceed to the launch tower
T-35 mins: Astronauts begin load into the crew capsule
T-24 mins: Crew Capsule hatch closed

Live launch coverage begins at 7:30 am CDT / 12:30 UTC on BlueOrigin.com.

Robert Pearlman

collectSPACE

William Shatner lifts off on real space trek aboard Blue Origin rocket
William Shatner can now say he is an astronaut, and he played one on TV.
The 90-year-old actor, who famously originated the role of James T. Kirk, captain of the Starship Enterprise, on the 1966 television series "Star Trek," became the oldest person to fly into space on Wednesday (Oct. 12). Shatner and his three crewmates lifted off on board Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and flew 66 miles high (107 km) — just above the international boundary between Earth and space, earning them the title "astronaut."

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