Blue Origin NS-25

USA / Blue Origin

Blue Origin sub-orbital Flight nº: 25

US/Blue Origin manned Flight nº: 7

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	none
Launch date - time	19 May 2024 - 14:35:09 UTC
Launch site	Corn Ranch, LS-1
Launch vehicle	New Shepard (NS-4-F10)
Spacecraft	RSS First Step F9
Manufacturer / Pêrator	Blue Origin
Mass (kg)	12519 kg??
Crew	6
Earth flight:
Apogee	107 km
Landing date Capsule - time	19 May 2024 - 14:45:02 UTC
Landing location	Corn Ranch
Mission type	Sub-orbital human spaceflight, Apogee: 107 km
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	9 min, 53 sec

Launched Crew (6 pers.):

Nr.	Name	Job	Duration	Nbr flights
1	Angel, Mason (US)	Tourist	9 min, 53 sec	First
2	Chiron, Sylvain (France)	Tourist	9 min, 53 sec	First
3	Dwight, Ed (US)	Tourist	9 min, 53 sec	First
4	Hess, Kenneth (US)	Tourist	9 min, 53 sec	First
5	Schaller, Carol (US)	Tourist	9 min, 53 sec	First
6	Thotakura, Gopichand (India)	Tourist	9 min, 53 sec	First

Note: Ed Dwight is often cited as the first African-American astronaut candidate. He made it to the second round of a 1961 Air Force program from which NASA selected astronauts, but was not selected. When he eventually flew as a space tourist on the Blue Origin suborbital flight at age 90 years, 253 days, he became the oldest person to reach space.

Description:

Origin NS-25 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, which was launched on May 19, 2024, using the New Shepard rocket.
NS-25 was the first New Shepard flight to carry humans since NS-22 in August 2022. The New Shepard fleet was grounded following a September 2022 engine failure on a cargo mission. The vehicle resumed flight in December 2023.
NS-25 carried six passengers to a maximum altitude of 107 km (66 mi). At T+03:12, the passengers experienced weightlessness, and at T+03:31, the capsule passed the Kármán line. The booster landed seven minutes after launch, while the capsule, deploying only two of its three parachutes, touched down ten minutes after liftoff. Launch commentators assured that the capsule is designed to land safely with only two parachutes

External links:

Wikipedia: Description mission

Astrophilately covers:

Bleu Origin NS-25 launch, cancel Van Horn TX. Credit: #411

Ref.: #98, #411 - update: 12.11.25

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