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What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket 'moon gravity' launch on Jan. 28? Here's how to watch live

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An uncrewed New Shepard rocket will launch the so-called NS-29 mission no earlier than Tuesday , Jan. 28 , at 11:30 a.m. EST .

The mission will launch 30 different experiments, most of them for NASA , aimed at testing moon-related technologies.

The New Shepard capsule will fire its reaction control system thrusters to spin up to 11 revolutions per minute .

Blue Origin's NS-29 New Shepard mission should last about 10 or 11 minutes from liftoff to landing.

The mission will also carry thousands of postcards into space as part of its Club for the Future non-profit .

Blue Origin may have a wide window on Jan. 28 in which to launch the mission.

The company has extended launches up to an hour or more beyond their initial target launch time.