New Shepard
updated 2 days ago
Reusable American suborbital tourism rocket
Suborbital, not orbital — New Shepard takes paying passengers past the Kármán line for a few minutes of weightlessness, then both the booster and capsule land separately under parachutes and rockets. Blue Origin launched it from West Texas; Jeff Bezos rode the first crewed flight in July 2021. Blue Origin paused flights in January 2026 for at least two years to focus on its Moon lander.
We track every New Shepard launch.
Service since 2012
2012 to 2026
2012 first flight 2025 peak (9 launches)
- launches
- 39
- success
- 97%
- upcoming
- —
Full launch history
| 2026 | ||||
Jan 22, 2026 | NS-38 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard | |||
| 2025 | ||||
Dec 20, 2025 | NS-37 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard | |||
Oct 8, 2025 | NS-36 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Sep 18, 2025 | NS-35 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 5 | |||
Aug 3, 2025 | NS-34 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Jun 29, 2025 | NS-33 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 5 | |||
May 31, 2025 | NS-32 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Apr 14, 2025 | NS-31 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 5 | |||
Feb 25, 2025 | NS-30 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Feb 4, 2025 | NS-29 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 5 | |||
| 2024 | ||||
Nov 22, 2024 | NS-28 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Oct 23, 2024 | NS-27 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 5 | |||
Aug 29, 2024 | NS-26 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
May 19, 2024 | NS-25 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
| 2023 | ||||
Dec 19, 2023 | NS-24 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
| 2022 | ||||
Sep 12, 2022Failure | NS-23 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 3 | |||
Aug 4, 2022 | NS-22 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Jun 4, 2022 | NS-21 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Mar 31, 2022 | NS-20 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
| 2021 | ||||
Dec 11, 2021 | NS-19 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Oct 13, 2021 | NS-18 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Aug 26, 2021 | NS-17 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 3 | |||
Jul 20, 2021 | NS-16 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Apr 14, 2021 | NS-15 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Jan 14, 2021 | NS-14 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
| 2020 | ||||
Oct 13, 2020 | NS-13 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 3 | |||
| 2019 | ||||
Dec 11, 2019 | Crew Capsule 2.0 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 3 | |||
May 2, 2019 | Crew Capsule 2.0 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 3 | |||
Jan 23, 2019 | Crew Capsule 2.0 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 3 | |||
| 2018 | ||||
Jul 18, 2018 | Crew Capsule 2.0 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 3 | |||
Apr 29, 2018 | Suborbital Flight Experiment Monitor-2 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 3 | |||
| 2017 | ||||
Dec 12, 2017 | New Shepard 3 first flight USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 3 | |||
| 2016 | ||||
Oct 5, 2016 | New Shepard crew capsule USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 2 | |||
Jun 19, 2016 | New Shepard crew capsule USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 2 | |||
Apr 2, 2016 | New Shepard crew capsule USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 2 | |||
Jan 22, 2016 | NS-3 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 2 | |||
| 2015 | ||||
Nov 23, 2015 | NS-2 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 2 | |||
Apr 29, 2015 | New Shepard maiden flight USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 1 | |||
| 2012 | ||||
Oct 19, 2012 | NS-0 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard | |||