New Shepard

Hannah Lena Perner became the first German woman to reach space on a commercial suborbital flight. The flight carried six private astronauts with various research and commercial experiments.

Ed Dwight, who was selected as NASA's first Black astronaut candidate in 1961 but never flew, finally reached space at age 90, becoming one of the oldest people to fly to space. Gopi Thotakura became the first Indian national to travel to space as a tourist.

First New Shepard flight after 15 months of suspension following the NS-22 anomaly. Used a new booster. Uncrewed test flight to verify system safety. All systems performed nominally.

The BE-3 engine had an anomaly during the propulsion phase, triggering the crew capsule escape system. The capsule landed safely using its parachute system. The booster was destroyed. This incident caused an 18-month suspension of New Shepard operations pending investigation.

Sara Sabry became the first Egyptian in space. Mário Ferreira became the first Portuguese citizen in space. Vanessa O'Brien, who has climbed the Seven Summits and dived to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, also flew.

Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space. Victor Vescovo (an ocean explorer who has dived to the deepest points of all five oceans) also flew.

All six seats filled with private astronauts. George Nield, former FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, flew as a passenger.

First 6-passenger New Shepard flight. Laura Shepard Churchley (daughter of Alan Shepard, the first American in space) flew. Michael Strahan (NFL Hall of Famer and TV host) was also aboard.

William Shatner (Captain Kirk from Star Trek) became the oldest person to fly to space at age 90. Blue Origin VP Audrey Powers also flew. Shatner's emotional reaction to seeing Earth from space became one of the most-shared moments in space tourism history.

First human spaceflight for New Shepard. Jeff Bezos (Blue Origin founder) flew alongside his brother Mark, Wally Funk (oldest person to fly to space at 82), and Oliver Daemen (youngest person to fly to space at 18). The flight took place on the 52nd anniversary of Apollo 11.

Fully simulated crewed flight with no passengers. Practiced crew boarding and egress procedures.

Carried 26 payloads. Final uncrewed test flight before human certification. Mannequin Skywalker flew for the last time.

Carried 11 payloads. Reached 107 km altitude. All payloads recovered successfully.

Carried 18 payloads. Included NASA SPLICE project payload testing precision landing technologies.

Carried payloads testing lunar landing technologies for NASA. Part of NASA's Flight Opportunities program.

Carried 12 payloads. Reached an apogee of 104 km. Tested upgraded avionics.

Carried 38 payloads. Mannequin Skywalker flew again in the crew capsule. Included experiments from 7 different universities.

Holiday-themed mission, carried mannequin 'Mannequin Skywalker' in the crew seat. Reached over 107 km altitude.

Carried payloads for NASA and other research organizations. Tested upgraded crew capsule systems.

Carried the crew capsule 2.0 for the first time. Tested upgraded avionics and environmental control system.

First flight of New Shepard vehicle 4 (NS-4). Upgraded vehicle with a larger pressurized volume. Manifold Research Vehicle (MRV) carried as payload.

Fourth flight. Tested parachute deployment with one of the three parachutes disabled — capsule still landed safely.

Third flight, tested escape motor ignition during flight. Booster and capsule both recovered successfully.

First fully successful New Shepard flight. First time the same booster flew twice. Both capsule and booster landed successfully — the first reusable vertical rocket to land after reaching space.

First flight of New Shepard. Vehicle reached space (above Kármán line) but the propulsion module was not recovered due to hydraulic pressure loss.