Blue Origin NS-25

Blue Origin NS-25
Mission type	Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
Mission duration	9 minutes, 53 seconds
Apogee	106 km (66 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	RSS First Step
Manufacturer	Blue Origin
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Mason Angel; Sylvain Chiron; Ed Dwight; Kenneth Hess; Carol Schaller; Gopi Thotakura;
Start of mission
Launch date	19 May 2024, 14:35:09 UTC
Rocket	New Shepard (NS4)
Launch site	Corn Ranch, LS-1
Contractor	Blue Origin
End of mission
Landing date	19 May 2024, 14:45:02 UTC
Landing site	Corn Ranch
	New Shepard crewed flights ← Blue Origin NS-22 TBD → New Shepard flights ← Blue Origin NS-24 Blue Origin NS-26 →

Blue Origin NS-25 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, which was launched on 19 May 2024 using the New Shepard rocket.^[1]^[2]

NS-25 was be the first crewed New Shepard flight since NS-22 in August 2022. The New Shepard fleet was grounded following a September 2022 engine failure on an uncrewed mission. The vehicle resumed flight in December 2023.^[3]

Crew

Prime crew
Position	Crew
Tourist	Mason Angel First spaceflight
Tourist	Sylvain Chiron First spaceflight
Tourist	Ed Dwight First spaceflight
Tourist	Kenneth Hess First spaceflight
Tourist	Carol Schaller First spaceflight
Tourist	Gopi Thotakura First spaceflight

References

^ "New Shepard's 25th Mission Includes America's First Black Astronaut Candidate". Blue Origin. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
^ Mike Wall (2024-04-04). "Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight". Space.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
^ Foust, Jeff (2024-04-05). "Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard flights". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-04-08.

[:0-1] "New Shepard's 25th Mission Includes America's First Black Astronaut Candidate". Blue Origin. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

[:1-2] Mike Wall (2024-04-04). "Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight". Space.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

[3] Foust, Jeff (2024-04-05). "Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard flights". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-04-08.

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v t e Blue Origin
Vehicles	Charon Goddard New Shepard Propulsion modules Tail 1 ^‡ Tail 2 ^† Tail 3 ^‡ Tail 4 Capsules Jules Verne ^† H.G. Wells First Step New Glenn ^* New Armstrong ^* Blue Moon ^* LPV
Rocket engines	BE-1 ^† BE-2 ^† BE-3 BE-4 ^* BE-7 ^*
Spaceflights	NS-16 NS-18 NS-19 NS-20 NS-21 NS-22
Facilities	Headquarters Kent, Washington Corn Ranch Launch Complex 36 Cape Canaveral
Key people	Jeff Bezos (founder) Robert Smith (CEO) Jeffrey Ashby (chief of mission assurance) Nicholas Patrick (human integration architect)
Other	Non-space flights NS-23
Related	Commercial astronaut
* – denotes unflown vehicles or engines † – denotes retired vehicles, engines, products ‡ – denotes destroyed vehicles

Blue Origin NS-25

Crew

References

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