Blue Origin NS-33
| Mission type | Sub-orbital human spaceflight |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 10 minutes, 14 seconds |
| Apogee | 106 km (66 mi) |
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| Spacecraft | RSS Kármán Line |
| Manufacturer | Blue Origin |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
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| Launch date | 29 June 2025, 14:39:56 UTC (10:39 a.m. Eastern) |
| Rocket | New Shepard (NS5) |
| Launch site | Corn Ranch, LS-1 |
| Contractor | Blue Origin |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 29 June 2025, 14:50:10 UTC |
| Landing site | Corn Ranch |
Blue Origin NS-33 was a sub-orbital spaceflight operated by Blue Origin as part of its New Shepard space tourism program. The flight launched from Launch Site One in West Texas on June 29, 2025, at 15:40 UTC (10:40 a.m. Eastern), after launch attempts on June 21 and June 22 were scrubbed due to high winds and cloud cover, respectively.[1][2] The mission lasted approximately 10 minutes, carrying six passengers to an apogee of about 105 km (65 mi), crossing the Kármán line, the FAI-recognized boundary of space.[1][2]
The booster performed a powered landing approximately 7.5 minutes after liftoff, with the capsule landing under parachutes about three minutes later, within a few hundred meters of the booster.[2] This mission marked the 13th human flight and the 33rd overall flight for the New Shepard program, and was the third crewed New Shepard flight in two and a half months, following NS-31 on April 14 and NS-32 on May 31.[1][2]
Passengers
The flight's passengers included conservationist Allie Kuehner, real estate developer Carl Kuehner, philanthropist and former bus company executive Leland Larson, entrepreneur Freddie Rescigno, Jr., attorney, retired politician and financial consultant Owolabi Salis, and retired labor attorney James (Jim) Sitkin.[1][2] Allie and Carl Kuehner were the second married couple to fly together on a New Shepard mission, following Marc and Sharon Hagle on NS-20 and NS-28.[2]. Owolabi Salis, an Nigerian-America base lawyer and a spiritual researcher is the first Nigerian to go to space, the first Nigerian also to go to the South Pole and the North Pole within a season, the first Nigerian to take the nuclear icebreaker to the North Pole and probably the first Nigerian to visit the two ice sheets in the world. All these journey and many others are the reflection of his spiritual pilgrimage to natural places of diversity.
| Position | Passenger | |
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| Tourist |  Allie KuehnerFirst spaceflight | |
| Tourist | Carl Kuehner First spaceflight | |
| Tourist | Leland Larson First spaceflight | |
| Tourist | Freddie Rescigno, Jr. First spaceflight | |
| Tourist |  Owolabi SalisFirst spaceflight | |
| Tourist | James (Jim) Sitkin First spaceflight | |
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