NS-25
Success
MAY 19202413:30:00 UTCNew Shepard carried six passengers, among them Ed Dwight, who at 90 became the oldest person to reach space at the time, passing William Shatner, who was 90 when he flew on NS-18 in 2021.
Dwight had trained as an Air Force astronaut candidate in the 1960s and was recommended to NASA in 1963, but was not selected.
It was the first crewed New Shepard flight since August 2022, before an uncrewed flight failed that September.
LIFTOFF
MAY 19 202413:30:00 UTC
Success
launched from Corn Ranch
aboard New Shepard 4 NS-25 into Suborbital
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Vehicle components · 2
- 01 Booster NS4.10
- 02 Capsule RSS First Stepapogee 106 km
Payload
Blue Origin NS-25
Space tourism
Passengers · 6
- 01 Kenneth Hess from USA
- 02 Sylvain Chiron from France
- 03 Mason Angel from USA
- 04 Ed Dwight from USA
- 05 Carol Schaller from USA
- 06 Gopi Thotakura from India