NS-36

Aaron Newman

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 10/08/2025
• Last Flight: 10/08/2025

Entrepreneur, explorer, and US Army veteran.

Danna Karagussova

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Kazakhstan
• First Flight: 10/08/2025
• Last Flight: 10/08/2025

Entrepreneur in media, distribution, and events.

Jeff Elgin

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 10/08/2025
• Last Flight: 10/08/2025

Executive in the franchise industry.

Vitalii Ostrovsky

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Ukraine
• First Flight: 10/08/2025
• Last Flight: 10/08/2025

Businessman, hotel and real estate investor, systems analyst, web developer, and globetrotter.

William H. Lewis

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 10/08/2025
• Last Flight: 10/08/2025

Insmed CEO at the time of his flight on Blue Origin's NS-36 suborbital mission.

Clint Kelly III

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/04/2022
• Last Flight: 10/08/2025

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

Mission

NS-36

• Type: Tourism
• Orbit: Suborbital

NS-36 is the 15th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 36th in the New Shepard program's 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 NS4 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.