Well folks, it’s been a few months since we’ve had suborbital human spaceflight. This mission also marks the first crewed flight of New Shepard after the NS-23 anomaly in 2022.

Scheduled for UTC 2024-05-19 13:30
Scheduled for (local) 2024-05-19 08:30 (CDT)
Launch site Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA
Launch provider Blue Origin
Launch vehicle New Shepard
Passengers Mason Angel 🇺🇸, Sylvain Chiron 🇫🇷, Kenneth L. Hess 🇺🇸, Carol Schaller 🇺🇸, Gopi Thotakura 🇮🇳, and former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight 🇺🇸
Mission success criteria Successful launch and safe landing of booster and crew capsule

Livestreams

Stream Link
Blue Origin https://www.blueorigin.com/news/ns-25-mission-updates
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcD8a9f8Ni0
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PkumtJ39c

Stats

  • 1st launch for Blue Origin of 2024, 25th launch overall
  • 1st crewed New Shepard after the NS-23 anomaly in September 2022
  • 1st crewed New Shepard in almost 2 years (NS-22 in August 2022)
  • 6th crewed spaceflight of 2024 (Axiom Mission 3, Galactic 06, SpaceX Crew-8, Soyuz MS-25, Shenzhou-18)

https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7543

Target orbit: N/A

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