Blue Origin NS-30

Blue Origin NS-30
Mission type	Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	Blue Origin
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Lane Bess; Jesús Calleja [es]; Elaine Chia Hyde; Dr. Richard Scott; Tushar Shah; Undisclosed;
Start of mission
Launch date	NET 25 February 2025, 15:30 UTC
Rocket	New Shepard
Launch site	Corn Ranch, LS-1
Contractor	Blue Origin
End of mission
Landing site	Corn Ranch
	; Blue Origin NS-30 mission patch New Shepard crewed flights ← Blue Origin NS-28 TBD → New Shepard flights ← Blue Origin NS-29 Blue Origin NS-31 →

Blue Origin NS-30 is an upcoming sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, scheduled on 25 February 2025, using the New Shepard rocket.^[1]^[2]

Crew

Prime crew
Position	Crew
Tourist	Lane Bess Second spaceflight
Tourist	Jesús Calleja [es] First spaceflight
Tourist	Elaine Chia Hyde First spaceflight
Tourist	Dr. Richard Scott First spaceflight
Tourist	Tushar Shah First spaceflight
Tourist	Undisclosed

Details

The flight's crew includes Lane Bess on his second flight on New Shepard, his first being Blue Origin NS-19 in 2021, Jesús Calleja [es], a Spanish mountaineer, Australian Elaine Chia Hyde, Dr. Richard Scott, Tushar Shah and an undisclosed sixth passenger.^[2]

References

^ @blueorigin (21 February 2025). "Their journey to space begins 🔜 New Shepard's crewed NS-30 mission is targeting liftoff from Launch Site One on Tuesday, Feb. 25 with the launch window opening at 9:30 AM CST / 15:30 UTC. Learn more about the symbolism behind the mission patch: https://bit.ly/3X6Fr8w" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 February 2025 – via Twitter.
^ ^a ^b "New Shepard's Crewed NS-30 Mission Targets Liftoff on Tuesday, Feb. 25". Blue Origin. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[launchdatetweet-1] @blueorigin (21 February 2025). "Their journey to space begins 🔜 New Shepard's crewed NS-30 mission is targeting liftoff from Launch Site One on Tuesday, Feb. 25 with the launch window opening at 9:30 AM CST / 15:30 UTC. Learn more about the symbolism behind the mission patch: https://bit.ly/3X6Fr8w" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 February 2025 – via Twitter.

[BOweb-2] "New Shepard's Crewed NS-30 Mission Targets Liftoff on Tuesday, Feb. 25". Blue Origin. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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v t e Blue Origin
Vehicles	Charon^† Goddard^† PM2^‡ New Shepard Propulsion modules Tail 1 ^‡ Tail 2 ^† Tail 3 ^‡ Tail 4 Tail 5 Capsules Jules Verne ^† H.G. Wells First Step Kármán Line New Glenn Blue Moon ^* Blue Ring LPV LPV Jacklyn (ship)^† LPV1 Jacklyn (barge)
Rocket engines	BE-1 ^† BE-2 ^† BE-3 BE-4 BE-7 ^*
Notable spaceflights	New Glenn launches NS-15 NS-16 NS-17 NS-18 NS-19 NS-20 NS-21 NS-22 NS-23^X NS-24 NS-25 NS-26 NS-27 NS-28 NS-30
Facilities	Headquarters Kent, Washington Corn Ranch Launch Complex 36 Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 9 Vandenberg
Key people	Jeff Bezos (founder) Dave Limp (CEO) Jeffrey Ashby (chief of mission assurance) Nicholas Patrick (human integration architect)
Related	Commercial astronaut Billionaire space race Blue Origin Federation, LLC v. United States
* – denotes unflown vehicles or engines † – denotes retired vehicles, engines, products ‡ – denotes destroyed vehicles ^X – denotes failed flight