Overview

• New Shepard lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Oct. 8, reached about 106 kilometers above Earth, and completed a 10 minute 21 second suborbital mission with a few minutes of weightlessness.
• The six-person crew comprised Jeff Elgin, Danna Karagussova, Clint Kelly III, Aaron Newman, Vitalii Ostrovsky, and Will Lewis, whose identity was disclosed after landing.
• Clint Kelly III became a repeat flyer on New Shepard, which has now flown 86 humans (80 individuals) to space across 36 total flights and 15 human missions.
• The booster executed a powered vertical landing and the crew capsule touched down under parachutes in the Texas desert.
• Blue Origin says demand remains strong with a backlog exceeding a year as it plans three additional vehicles, BE-3 engine upgrades, and potential new launch sites to enable roughly weekly flights.