NS-30

Russel Wilson

• Role: Engineer
• Nationality: Australia
• First Flight: 02/25/2025
• Last Flight: 02/25/2025

Cryptocurrencies entrepreneur

Elaine Chia Hyde

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Singapore
• First Flight: 02/25/2025
• Last Flight: 02/25/2025

Elaine is an entrepreneur, physicist, and pilot. She is the founder of Chicago Star, a news and media company, and Eastside E...

Jesús Calleja

• Birthday: 04/11/1965
• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Spain
• First Flight: 02/25/2025
• Last Flight: 02/25/2025

Jesús is a Spanish TV host, mountaineer, pilot, and lifelong adventurer.

Richard Scott

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 02/25/2025
• Last Flight: 02/25/2025

Dr. Scott is a reproductive endocrinologist, embryologist, professor, research scientist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and a...

Tushar Shah

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Unknown
• First Flight: 02/25/2025
• Last Flight: 02/25/2025

Tushar is a partner and the co-head of research at a quantitative hedge fund in New York City. He studied physics as an under...

Lane Bess

• Birthday: 01/01/1960
• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 12/11/2021
• Last Flight: 02/25/2025

Lane is the Principal and Founder of Bess Ventures and Advisory, a family fund supporting technology firms that innovate and ...

Mission

NS-30

• Type: Tourism
• Orbit: Suborbital

NS-30 is the 10th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 30th in its history.

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 30 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA, has been the site for 30 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

The New Shepard booster NS4 has landed back on the landing pad. Booster NS-4 last launched 02/25/2025 and has seen 13 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.