NS-32
New Shepard
Blue Origin
Rocket Launch Video
Crew
Amy Medina Jorge
- Role: Tourist
- Nationality: Puerto Rico
- First Flight: 05/31/2025
- Last Flight: 05/31/2025
High school and middle school STEM teacher
Gretchen Green
- Role: Tourist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 05/31/2025
- Last Flight: 05/31/2025
Radiologist specializing in women's imaging
Jaime Alemán
- Birthday: 11/14/1953
- Role: Tourist
- Nationality: Panama
- First Flight: 05/31/2025
- Last Flight: 05/31/2025
Panamanian lawyer, businessman, and diplomat who served as Ambassador of Panama to the United States from August 11, 2009, to...
Jesse Williams
- Role: Tourist
- Nationality: Canada
- First Flight: 05/31/2025
- Last Flight: 05/31/2025
Canadian entrepreneur and adventurer.
Mark Rocket
- Role: Tourist
- Nationality: New Zealand
- First Flight: 05/31/2025
- Last Flight: 05/31/2025
New Zealand entrepreneur, aerospace executive, and the founder of Kea Aerospace.
Paul Jeris
- Role: Tourist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 05/31/2025
- Last Flight: 05/31/2025
Real estate developer and entrepreneur.
Mission
NS-32
- Type: Tourism
- Orbit: Suborbital
NS-32 is the 12th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 32nd 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 32 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA, has been the site for 32 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.
Landing
Core NS-4
The New Shepard booster NS-4 has landed back on the landing pad. Booster NS-4 last launched 05/31/2025 and has seen 14 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.
