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NS-22

New Shepard

Blue Origin

Launch Status
Success

Rocket Launch Video

Crew

Clint Kelly III

Clint Kelly III

  • Role: Tourist
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 08/04/2022
  • Last Flight: 08/04/2022

Clint managed research and technology programs focused primarily on computer science and robotics while in government and in ...

Coby Cotton

Coby Cotton

  • Birthday: 07/17/1987
  • Role: Tourist
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 08/04/2022
  • Last Flight: 08/04/2022

Coby is one of the five cofounders of the YouTube channel Dude Perfect, which he co-founded with his college roommates Garret...

Mário Ferreira

Mário Ferreira

  • Birthday: 01/15/1968
  • Role: Tourist
  • Nationality: Portugal
  • First Flight: 08/04/2022
  • Last Flight: 08/04/2022

Mário is a Portuguese entrepreneur, investor, and President of Pluris Investments Group, which includes more than 40 compani...

Sara Sabry

Sara Sabry

  • Role: Tourist
  • Nationality: Egypt
  • First Flight: 08/04/2022
  • Last Flight: 08/04/2022

Sara is an Egyptian mechanical and biomedical engineer, and founder of Deep Space Initiative (DSI), a nonprofit aiming to i...

Steve Young

Steve Young

  • Role: Tourist
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 08/04/2022
  • Last Flight: 08/04/2022

Steve Young is the former CEO of Young’s Communications LLC (Y-COM), the largest telecommunications contractor in the state...

Vanessa O’Brien

Vanessa O’Brien

  • Birthday: 12/02/1964
  • Role: Tourist
  • Nationality: United States of America, United Kingdom
  • First Flight: 08/04/2022
  • Last Flight: 08/04/2022

Vanessa Audi Rhys O'Brien is a British and American mountaineer, explorer, aquanaut, author and former business executive. On...

Mission

NS-22

  • Type: Tourism
  • Orbit: Suborbital

NS-22 is the sixth crewed New Shepard flight, carrying six passengers.

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

Landing

Core NS-4

NS4 has landed at Corn Ranch Landing Pad after its eighth 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.

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