Blue Origin - New Shepard - NS-25 - Launch Site One - West Texas - May 19, 2024

Launch Date: May 19, 2024
Launch Time: 9:15 a.m. CDT, 14:15 UTC, and 16:15 CEST
Launch Window: Opens at 8:30 a.m. CDT
Launch Status: Accomplished

Launch Provider: Blue Origin
Launcher System: New Shepard
Capsule: RSS First Step
Flight: #9
Flown missions for the capsule: 8 - NS-14, NS-15, NS-16, NS-18, NS-19, NS-20, NS-21, NS-22
Mission: New Shepard NS-25
Destination: Suborbital - Karman Line - Higher than 100 km
Launch Location: Launch Site One, New Horn, West Texas, USA
Landing: Van Horn, West Texas, USA

The Space Affairs live stream will start approximately 45 minutes before the first flight opportunity.

Blue Origin announced on May 14 its seventh human flight, NS-25, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Sunday, May 19. The launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. CDT, 13:30 UTC, and 15:30 CEST.

Blue Origin revealed on May 14 the six-person crew flying on its NS-25 mission. The crew includes Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, and former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight, who was selected by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as the nation’s first Black astronaut candidate but was never granted the opportunity to fly to space.

This mission will be the seventh human flight for the New Shepard program and the 25th in its history. To date, the program has flown 31 humans above the Kármán line.

From an environmental standpoint, nearly 99% of New Shepard’s dry mass is reused, including the booster, capsule, engine, landing gear, and parachutes. New Shepard’s engine is fueled by highly efficient liquid oxygen and hydrogen. During flight, the only byproduct is water vapor with no carbon emissions.