Blue Origin NS-37

Blue Origin NS-37
Mission type	Sub-orbital human spaceflight
Mission duration	10 minutes, 26 seconds
Apogee	106 km (66 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	RSS Karman Line
Manufacturer	Blue Origin
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Michaela Benthaus; Joey Hyde; Hans Koenigsmann; Neal Milch; Adonis Pouroulis; Jason Stansell;
Start of mission
Launch date	20 December 2025, 14:15:00 UTC
Rocket	New Shepard (NS5)
Launch site	Corn Ranch, West Texas
Contractor	Blue Origin
End of mission
Landing date	20 December 2025, 14:25:26 UTC
Landing site	Corn Ranch
	; Blue Origin NS-37 mission patch New Shepard flights ← Blue Origin NS-36 Blue Origin NS-38 →

Blue Origin NS-37 was a sub-orbital spaceflight operated by Blue Origin as part of its New Shepard space tourism program. The mission launched from Launch Site One in West Texas on December 20, 2025, with the exact liftoff time determined by the launch window. The live webcast began roughly 40 minutes before launch.^[1] The flight was expected to last approximately 10–12 minutes, carrying six passengers to an apogee above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.

The crew includes aerospace engineer Michaela Benthaus, who has used a wheelchair since suffering a spinal cord injury in a 2018 mountain-biking accident, physicist Joey Hyde, aerospace engineer Hans Koenigsmann, business executive Neal Milch, entrepreneur Adonis Pouroulis, and space enthusiast Jason Stansell.

Crew


Position	Passenger
Tourist	Joey Hyde First spaceflight
Tourist	Michaela "Michi" Benthaus First spaceflight
Tourist	Hans Koenigsmann First spaceflight
Tourist	Neal Milch First spaceflight
Tourist	Adonis Pouroulis First spaceflight
Tourist	Jason Stansell First spaceflight

References

^ Wall, Mike (December 11, 2025). "Blue Origin targeting Dec. 18 for historic 1st spaceflight of wheelchair user". Space. Retrieved December 12, 2025.

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[1] Wall, Mike (December 11, 2025). "Blue Origin targeting Dec. 18 for historic 1st spaceflight of wheelchair user". Space. Retrieved December 12, 2025.

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v t e Blue Origin
Vehicles	Charon^† Goddard^† PM2^‡ New Shepard Propulsion modules Tail 1 ^‡ Tail 2 ^† Tail 3 ^‡ Tail 4 Tail 5 Capsules Jules Verne ^† H.G. Wells First Step Kármán Line New Glenn Boosters GS1-SN001 So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance GS1-SN002 Never Tell Me The Odds Blue Moon ^* Blue Ring Landing Platform vehicles LPV Jacklyn (ship)^† LPV1 Jacklyn (barge)
Rocket engines	BE-1 ^† BE-2 ^† BE-3 BE-4 BE-7 ^*
Missions	New Glenn launches NG-2 (ESCAPADE) New Shepard launches NS-15 NS-16 NS-17 NS-18 NS-19 NS-20 NS-21 NS-22 NS-23^X NS-24 NS-25 NS-26 NS-27 NS-28 NS-29 NS-30 NS-31 NS-32 NS-33 NS-34 NS-35 NS-36 NS-37
Facilities	Headquarters Kent, Washington Corn Ranch Launch Complex 36 Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 9 Vandenberg
Key people	Jeff Bezos (founder) Dave Limp (CEO) Jeffrey Ashby (chief of mission assurance) Nicholas Patrick (human integration architect)
Related	Commercial astronaut Billionaire space race Blue Origin Federation, LLC v. United States
* – denotes unflown vehicles or engines † – denotes retired vehicles, engines, products ‡ – denotes destroyed vehicles ^X – denotes failed flight