| Scheduled for UTC | 2025-12-20 14:15 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2025-12-20 08:15 (CT) |
| Launch provider | Blue Origin |
| Launch site | Launch Site One, West Texas, Texas, USA |
| Landing site | North Landing Pad |
| Launch vehicle | New Shepard |
| Booster | NS5 flight 6 |
| Capsule | RSS Kármán Line flight 4 |
| Passengers | Michi Benthaus, Joey Hyde, Hans Koenigsmann, Neal Milch, Adonis Pouroulis, and Jason Stansell. |
| Mission success criteria | Successful launch and landing of booster and capsule |
| Target Orbit | No |
Livestreams
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Blue Origin | https://youtube.com/watch?v=66VP21OjegA (scrub) |
| Space Affairs | https://youtube.com/watch?v=bsovb9hQDG0 (scrub) |
| The Launch Pad | https://youtube.com/watch?v=tgcSVmAfBts (scrub) |
Stats
- 9th New Shepard launch of 2025, 37th overall
- 11th Blue Origin launch of 2025, 39th overall
NextSpaceflight page: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/8050
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Mission success.
The wheelchair user in space headline is fun (suborbital, but still).
https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/first-wheelchair-user-flies-to-space/
Scrubbed for the day.
The launch team “observed an issue” with the vehicle’s “built-in checks”.