Blue Origin - New Shepard - NS-37 - Launch Site One, Texas - December 20, 2025

Blue Origin announced the six people who will fly on its NS-37 mission. The crew includes Michaela (Michi) Benthaus, Joey Hyde, Hans Koenigsmann, Neal Milch, Adonis Pouroulis, and Jason Stansell.

The launch is scheduled for December 20, 2025. The launch window opens at 08:15 a.m. CST, 1415 UTC, 15:15 CET.

To date, Blue Origin has flown 86 people (80 individuals) above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. The live webcast on launch day will start 40 minutes before liftoff.

All rockets take off, but not all land. Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, New Shepard is Blue Origin’s fully reusable suborbital rocket system built for human flight from the beginning. During the 11-minute journey, astronauts soar past the Kármán line (100 km/62 miles), the internationally recognized boundary of space, experiencing several minutes of weightlessness and witnessing life-changing views of Earth. The vehicle is fully autonomous—there are no pilots.

About New Shepard by Blue Origin
Function: Launching tourists and cargo on a suborbital trajectory
Manufacturer: Blue Origin
Country of origin: United States of America
11th mission of 2025, 39th mission in total (incl. 2 flights of New Glenn)

Height: 19.2m (63ft)
Diameter: 3.8 m (12.5 ft)
Mass: 75,000 kg (165,000 lb)
Stages: 1
Launch sites: Launch Site One, West Texas
Total launches: 36
Success(es): 34
Failure(s): 1
Landings: 32
First flight: 29 April 2015; 10 years ago

Single stage
Powered by 1 × BE-3
Maximum thrust: 490 kN (110,000 lbf)
Burn time: 141 seconds
Propellant: LH2 / LOX

Crew Capsule
Pressurized crew capsule with room for six people, environmentally controlled for comfort, and with among the largest windows to have flown in space.

Ring & Wedge Fins
Aerodynamically designed to stabilize the booster and reduce fuel use on its flight back to Earth.

Drag Brakes
Deploy from the ring fin to reduce the booster's speed by half on its descent from space.

BE-3PM Engine
Propels the rocket to space and restarts to uniquely slow the booster down to just 6 mph (9.7 km/h) for a controlled pinpoint landing on the pad.

Aft Fins
Stabilize the vehicle during ascent, steer it back to the landing pad on the descent, and guide the rocket through airspeeds over Mach 3.

Landing Gear
Deploys for the touchdown.