NS-26

Eiman Jahangir

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/29/2024
• Last Flight: 08/29/2024

Eiman is a cardiologist and Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he t...

Ephraim Rabin

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America, Israel
• First Flight: 08/29/2024
• Last Flight: 08/29/2024

Ephraim is an American-Israeli businessman, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Parchem Fine & Spe...

Eugene Grin

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America, Ukraine
• First Flight: 08/29/2024
• Last Flight: 08/29/2024

Eugene was born in Ukraine and emigrated to the United States in 1979, where he started his career in real estate and finance...

Karsen Kitchen

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/29/2024
• Last Flight: 08/29/2024

Student in Communications and Astronomy, founder of Orbitelle, an initiative to encourage women to pursue careers in the spac...

Nicolina Elrick

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United Kingdom, Singapore
• First Flight: 08/29/2024
• Last Flight: 08/29/2024

Nicolina is a philanthropist and entrepreneur whose career spans high fashion modeling to property development and founding m...

Rob Ferl

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/29/2024
• Last Flight: 08/29/2024

Rob is a distinguished professor and director of the Astraeus Space Institute at the University of Florida. He has spent his ...

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

New Shepard has landed on Corn Ranch Landing Pad after this 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, West Texas - CR

Blue Origin launch and landing facility located in West Texas

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.