🚀 New Shepard | 🛰 NS-32
Launch date: May 31, 2025 13:39 UTC
Payload: NS-32
Location: Launch Site One, West Texas
Vehicle: New Shepard
Blue Origin’s twelfth crewed NS-32 flight launched six people above the Kármán Line on May 31, 2025, from West Texas. Notable crew members included Aymette (Amy) Medina Jorge, Dr. Gretchen Green, Jaime Alemán, Jesse Williams, Mark Rocket, and Paul Jeris. The NS-32 mission marked the 12th human spaceflight and 32nd overall flight of New Shepard, with a cumulative total of 64 people flown by the program. The launch highlighted Blue Origin’s ongoing progress with routine crewed suborbital flights, environmentally responsible BE-3PM engine operations, and autonomous boost-back and recovery of both booster and capsule. A replay of the mission is available online.
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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.