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]
| Mission type | Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | RSS First Step |
| Manufacturer | Blue Origin |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members |
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| 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 |
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 edit
| Position | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Tourist |  Mason AngelFirst spaceflight | |
| Tourist |  Sylvain ChironFirst spaceflight | |
| Tourist | Ed Dwight First spaceflight | |
| Tourist | Kenneth Hess First spaceflight | |
| Tourist | Carol Schaller First spaceflight | |
| Tourist |  Gopi ThotakuraFirst spaceflight | |
References edit
- ^ "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.