Past launch
Launched successfully
NS-38
New Shepard, flown by Blue Origin
Launches / New Shepard
New Shepard, flown by Blue Origin
This was Blue Origin's 1st launch of 2026, and its 40th in all.
It was the first launch from West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch in 2026.
Blue Origin
NS-38 is the 17th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 38th in the New Shepard program's history.
The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.
38 flights, 37 of them successful. 36 boosters brought back from 38 attempts.
Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
41 launches so far, 39 of them successful.
It went up from West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch at Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA.
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