NS-34

Arvi Bahal

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: India, United States of America
• First Flight: 08/03/2025
• Last Flight: 08/03/2025

Real estate investor born in Agra, India, and naturalized U.S. citizen. A lifelong traveler and adventurer, Arvi has visited ...

Deborah Martorell

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Puerto Rico
• First Flight: 08/03/2025
• Last Flight: 08/03/2025

Puerto Rican meteorologist and journalist. Her reporting on environmental and space topics has garnered eight Emmy Awards and...

Gökhan Erdem

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Turkey
• First Flight: 08/03/2025
• Last Flight: 08/03/2025

Turkish businessman and a board member of Erdem Holding, a diverse group of companies operating in the energy, telecommunicat...

Justin Sun

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Saint Kitts and Nevis, China
• First Flight: 08/03/2025
• Last Flight: 08/03/2025

Justin Sun is a Chinese-born Kittitian crypto billionaire and businessperson. He is the founder of TRON, a cryptocurrency wit...

Lionel Pitchford

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United Kingdom
• First Flight: 08/03/2025
• Last Flight: 08/03/2025

Englishman who has spent four decades in Spain working as a teacher, translator, and tour guide as a means to travel the worl...

James Russell

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/22/2024
• Last Flight: 08/03/2025

James (J.D.) Russell is a serial entrepreneur and founder of InfoHOA, a leader in technology-based community management solut...

Mission

NS-34

• Type: Tourism
• Orbit: Suborbital

NS-34 is the 14th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 34th 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 36 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA, has been the site for 36 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 NS-4 has landed back on the landing pad. Booster NS-4 last launched 10/08/2025 and has seen 16 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.