NS-37

Adonis Pouroulis

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 12/20/2025
• Last Flight: 12/20/2025

Entrepreneur, investor, and mining engineer.

Hans Koenigsmann

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America, Germany
• First Flight: 12/20/2025
• Last Flight: 12/20/2025

German-American aerospace engineer whose career has been dedicated to advancing reusable spacecraft and launch vehicles, most...

Jason Stansell

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 12/20/2025
• Last Flight: 12/20/2025

Space nerd with a degree in computer science from Tulane University.

Joey Hyde

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 12/20/2025
• Last Flight: 12/20/2025

Retired physicist and quantitative investor.

Michaela Benthaus

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: Germany
• First Flight: 12/20/2025
• Last Flight: 12/20/2025

Aerospace and mechatronics engineer. In 2018, she was involved in a mountain biking accident that resulted in a spinal cord i...

Neal Milch

• Role: Tourist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 12/20/2025
• Last Flight: 12/20/2025

Business executive and entrepreneur.

Mission

NS-37

• Type: Tourism
• Orbit: Suborbital

NS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th 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 37 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA, has been the site for 37 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-5

The New Shepard booster NS-5 has landed back on the landing pad. Booster NS-5 last launched 12/20/2025 and has seen 6 successful launches and landings. 5th New Shepard booster.

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.

Learn more about Blue Origin