NS-38
Success
JAN 22202616:25:35 UTCFinal New Shepard flight before Blue Origin paused its suborbital tourism rocket. Six passengers flew above the 100 km Kármán line and returned safely; eight days later, Blue Origin suspended New Shepard for at least two years, moving staff and resources to its Blue Moon lunar lander for NASA's Artemis program.
A booked passenger withdrew through illness shortly before launch, and Laura Stiles, Blue Origin's director of New Shepard launch operations, took the seat. She was the only company employee aboard; the other five were paying customers.
LIFTOFF
JAN 22 202616:25:35 UTC
Success
launched from Corn Ranch
aboard New Shepard 4 NS-38 into Suborbital
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Vehicle components · 2
- 01 Booster NS4.17apogee 106.7 km
- 02 Capsule RSS First Stepapogee 106.8 km
Payload
Blue Origin NS-38
Space tourism
Passengers · 6
- 01 Tim Drexler from USA
- 02 Linda Edwards from USA
- 03 Jim Hendren from USA
- 04 Laura Stiles from USA
- 05 Alain Fernandez from France
- 06 Alberto Gutiérrez from Spain

