NS-16

Jeff Bezos

• Birthday: 01/12/1964
• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/20/2021
• Last Flight: 07/20/2021

Jeff Bezos is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor known for being the founder and CEO of the multi-n...

Mark Bezos

• Birthday: 05/17/1968
• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/20/2021
• Last Flight: 07/20/2021

Mark Bezos is the Founder and General Partner at HighPost Capital and Director of Bezos Family Foundation. Apart from this, ...

Oliver Daemen

• Birthday: 08/20/2002
• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Netherlands
• First Flight: 07/20/2021
• Last Flight: 07/20/2021

Dutch high school graduate whose father won the second place at the auction for New Shepard's first crewed flight. At only 18...

Wally Funk

• Birthday: 02/01/1938
• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/20/2021
• Last Flight: 07/20/2021

Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk is an American aviator and Goodwill Ambassador. She was the first female air safety inves...

Mission

NS-16

• Type: Tourism
• Orbit: Suborbital

First crewed flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.

Location

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch

Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch has witnessed the launch of 29 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA, has been the site for 29 rocket launches.

Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LSO), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately 30 miles north of the town of Van Horn, Texas, United States.

Rocket

Blue Origin New Shepard

The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.

Learn more about the New Shepard

Core NS-4

NS4 successfully landed at Corn Ranch Landing Pad after its third flight. Booster NS-4 last launched 11/22/2024 and has seen 12 successful launches and landings. New Shepard vehicle #4 is the fourth flight vehicle of the New Shepard suborbital rocket. It was used for Blue Origin's first crewed launches.

A sonic boom is likely to occur a few minutes after launch as the booster returns to the launch site. Be prepared for a loud but thrilling experience! Learn more about rocket launch sonic booms

Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas - CR

New Shepard landing site.

Return to Launch Site - RTLS

A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from.

Agency

Blue Origin

Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.