Test Flights
- First test flight: 13 November 2006, 06:30 (Goddard)
- Second test flight: 22 March 2007 (Goddard)
- Third test flight: 19 April 2007 (Goddard)
- Fourth test flight: 06 May 2011 (New Shepard propulsion module (PM2))
- Fifth test flight: 24 August 2011 (PM2, failure, loss of vehicle)
- Pad escape test flight: 19 October 2012
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