Blue Origin NS-24 was asub-orbital cargo spaceflight mission ofBlue Origin'sNew Shepard rocket, which launched on December 19, 2023. It was New Shepard's first flight in over a year since the failure ofBlue Origin NS-23, and was Blue Origin's 24th overall flight to go into space.^[1][2]

The vehicle lifted off at 16:42:28 UTC on December 19, 2023, from LS-1 at Blue Origin'sCorn Ranch launch site inTexas, United States. There were no issues during the flight, like there were on Blue Origin NS-23. Main Engine Cutoff (MECO) occurred at T+02:25. The capsule reachedapogee at T+04:07, reaching an altitude of 351,247 feet (107,060 meters), while the booster reached an apogee of 350,855 feet (106,940 meters).^[2][3][4] The booster touched down successfully at T+07:27 on the North Landing Pad.^[1][4] At 10:52:41 am CST (16:52:41 UTC), the capsule landed at the Corn Ranch site, 10 minutes and 13 seconds after liftoff.^[2] The booster supporting this mission wasNew Shepard Booster 4 (NS4), and this was its 9th total flight with a 502-day turnaround time, while the capsule on top was theRSSH. G. Wells.^[5]

There were 33 payloads on this mission fromNASA, academia, research institutions and commercial companies. This flight brought the total number of payloads flown on the New Shepard vehicle to 150. There were also 38,000 postcards from students across the world, provided by the Club for the Future organization, a Blue Origin nonprofit, as part of its "Postcards to Space" program. According to Blue Origin, more than half the payloads on NS-24 were developed and flown with support from NASA.^[2][6][7] One of the payloads flown was a prototype of theEagleCamCubeSat that flew on theIM-1 mission to the Moon.^[8][9][10]

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