Blue Origin is launching its ninth human spaceflight, NS-28, carrying six passengers, including science communicator Emily Calandrelli, on a thrilling 10-minute journey to the edge of space. Follow the live launch on YouTube and learn about the diverse crew and their inspiring stories.
Blue Origin’s latest space tourism flight achieved a milestone with 21-year-old Karsen Kitchen becoming the youngest woman to travel to the edge of space. The flight, NS-26, marked Blue Origin’s eighth human spaceflight and showcased the company’s continued progress in the burgeoning suborbital tourism industry.
Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket with six tourists on board, marking the company’s first human spaceflight in two years. The mission, dubbed N-26, saw the capsule reach the edge of space and experience moments of weightlessness before returning to Earth. This flight highlights the growing trend of space tourism and Blue Origin’s continued efforts in this field.
On May 19, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin New Shepard-25 (NS-25) mission successfully returned to the skies, two years after a rocket failure in September 2022. The mission, the seventh human flight and 25th overall for the New Shepard program, featured a six-person crew including Indian-origin entrepreneur and pilot Gopichand Thotakura. The crew also included Ed Dwight, the first Black astronaut candidate in the United States and the oldest person to travel to space at 90 years old.
