NS-38 — archive:ns-38
launch attemptArchive-qualified launchcompleted
NS-38 — archive:ns-38 was an archive-qualified launch conducted on January 22, 2026 from an unresolved launch site using New Shepard, carrying 2 recorded payload entries. The recorded outcome was success or operational; the census identity distinguishes this attempt from flights that may share a mission name or launch date.
- Launch class
- Archive-qualified launch
- Launch date
- January 22, 2026
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NS-38 — NS-38 astronaut Jim Hendren in the crew capsule
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NS-38 astronaut Jim Hendren remains inside the New Shepard crew capsule after returning from space on January 22, 2026.
About this launch
Existing mission record has a dated physical launch and qualified sources but did not meet the deterministic GCAT identity match threshold. This launch is retained as its own historical attempt so its date, vehicle, origin, operator, trajectory, payload, and outcome can be followed without collapsing it into a program total.
NS-38 — archive:ns-38 used New Shepard from an unresolved launch site. The technical record includes the Above the Kármán line profile. 2 payload entries are connected to the launch manifest.
Launch facts
- Launch date
- January 22, 2026
- Vehicle
- New Shepard
- Outcome
- success or operational
- Launch site
- an unresolved launch site
Technical details and catalog designation
Trajectory measurements and catalog terminology are retained here when available. Codes follow the original records.
- Launch class
- Archive-qualified launch
- Destination / profile
- Above the Kármán line
- Payload entries
- 2
- Catalog designation
- archive:ns-38
Payload manifest
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Other names mentioned
- New ShepardPayload manifest entry
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- Crewed autonomous suborbital spaceflightPayload manifest entry
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