Blue Origin NS-25

Blue Origin NS-25
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight


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	TBD
Rocket	New Shepard (NS4)
Launch site	Corn Ranch, LS-1
Contractor	Blue Origin


End of mission
Landing date	TBD
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 is a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, which will launch in 2024 using the New Shepard rocket.^[1]^[2]

NS-25 will 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.

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 ^* Blue Moon ^* Blue Ring ^* LPV
Rocket engines	BE-1 ^† BE-2 ^† BE-3 BE-4 BE-7 ^*
Spaceflights	NS-15 NS-16 NS-17 NS-18 NS-19 NS-20 NS-21 NS-22 NS-23^X NS-24 NS-25
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)
Related	Commercial astronaut Billionaire space race Blue Origin v. United States & Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
* – denotes unflown vehicles or engines † – denotes retired vehicles, engines, products ‡ – denotes destroyed vehicles ^X – denotes failed flight

This page was last edited on 26 April 2024, at 04:15

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