Today, Blue Origin announced the six people flying on its NS-37 mission. The crew includes Michaela (Michi) Benthaus, Joey Hyde, Hans Koenigsmann, Neal Milch, Adonis Pouroulis, and Jason Stansell.
To date, Blue Origin has flown 86 people (80 individuals) above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. The flight date will be announced soon. The live webcast on launch day will start 40 minutes before liftoff.
As of December 3, 2025, Blue Origin’s NS-37 is the next scheduled mission for the New Shepard program. It has not yet launched and is currently targeting a window in December 2025 or early 2026.
Mission Overview
- Mission Type: Suborbital Human Spaceflight (Tourism)
- Status: Upcoming / TBD (Targeting late 2025)
- Launch Site: Launch Site One (Corn Ranch), West Texas
- Vehicle: New Shepard (likely the RSS Kármán Line or RSS First Step crew capsule)
Significance & Context
NS-37 will mark the 37th flight in the history of the New Shepard program and is expected to be the 16th crewed flight to date.
It follows a period of high launch cadence in 2025, including:
- NS-36 (October 8, 2025): A crewed mission that flew six passengers.
- NS-35 (September 18, 2025): An uncrewed payload science mission.
- NS-34 (August 2025): A crewed tourism flight.