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Launch date: April 14, 2025 13:30 UTC
Payload: NS-31
Location: Launch Site One, Corn Ranch, Texas
Vehicle: New Shepard
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is set to launch the NS-31 mission on April 14, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT) from Launch Site One in West Texas. The flight features a historic all-female crew: Lauren Sánchez, Katy Perry, Amanda Nguyen, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn, and Gayle King. The suborbital mission will take them above the Kármán line for several minutes of weightlessness before returning to Earth. The launch will be livestreamed on Blue Origin’s website, Space.com, and YouTube. The mission continues Blue Origin’s space tourism flights and marks the first such launch with an all-woman crew.
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Launch Site One, Corn Ranch, Texas, USA
Launch Site One, situated at Blue Origin’s Corn Ranch in West Texas, is a private launch facility designed for the company’s New Shepard suborbital rocket. Since its first test flights in 2015, the site has supported development, uncrewed test launches, and eventually crewed missions as part of Blue Origin’s goal to advance space tourism and research payload flights.
The facility includes launch infrastructure, landing pads, an operations center, and accommodations for crew and tourists. Launch Site One played a historic role in Blue Origin’s human spaceflight program, hosting the first New Shepard crewed flight on July 20, 2021, with passengers including Jeff Bezos and Wally Funk. The site remains central to Blue Origin’s ongoing New Shepard missions and expansion in commercial space operations.