RSS Kármán Line

RSS Kármán Line
Type	Space capsule
Class	New Shepard crew capsule
Owner	Blue Origin
Manufacturer	Blue Origin
Specifications
Rocket	New Shepard
History
Location	Van Horn, Texas
First flight	23 October 2024 Blue Origin NS-27
Last flight	Active
Flights	1
New Shepard crew capsules

RSS Kármán Line (Reusable Space Ship Kármán Line) is a New Shepard space capsule, built and operated by American spaceflight company Blue Origin. It is the fourth New Shepard capsule to fly to space, and is slated to be the second to fly passengers, after RSS First Step. The capsule's first uncrewed flight was the NS-27 mission on 23 October 2024, which was also the maiden flight of New Shepard booster NS5.

History

RSS Kármán Line, the fourth New Shepard capsule, was built by Blue Origin to "better meet growing customer demand" for New Shepard flights. The spacecraft is named after the Kármán line, an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) and the conventional definition of the edge of space, which the capsule crosses at the apogee of its sub-orbital spaceflight. The capsule first flew on the uncrewed NS-27 verification mission, which launched on 23 October 2024 carrying twelve customer payloads, after issues pushed back the launch from 7 October 2024.

Flights

Mission	Launch date (UTC)	Landing date (UTC)	Crew	Duration	Remarks	Outcome
NS-27	23 October 2024	23 October 2024	Uncrewed	~10 minutes	Uncrewed test flight. Maiden flight of NS5 propulsion module.	Success