Blue Origin NS-33

Blue Origin NS-33

Mission type	Sub-orbital human spaceflight
Mission duration	10 minutes, 14 seconds
Apogee	106 km (66 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	RSS Kármán Line
Manufacturer	Blue Origin
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Allie Kuehner Carl Kuehner Leland Larson Freddie Rescigno, Jr. Owolabi Salis James (Jim) Sitkin
Start of mission
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
New Shepard flights ←  Blue Origin NS-32 Blue Origin NS-34  →

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
Tourist	Allie Kuehner First spaceflight
Tourist	Carl Kuehner First spaceflight
Tourist	Leland Larson First spaceflight
Tourist	Freddie Rescigno, Jr. First spaceflight
Tourist	Owolabi Salis First spaceflight
Tourist	James (Jim) Sitkin First spaceflight

References

1. "Conservationists Join Blue Origin's Next New Shepard Flight, NS-33". Blue Origin. June 13, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
2. Foust, Jeff (June 29, 2025). "Blue Origin launches third New Shepard mission within three months". SpaceNews. Retrieved June 29, 2025.