NEW SHEPARD-36 (BLUE ORIGIN), Oct 8, 2025, West Texas, 9:00 am ET

Blue Origin will launch its 36th suborbital New Shepard flight, NS-36, on October 8, 2025 from its launch site in West Texas. The launch window opens at 8:00 am CENTRAL Time (9:00 am Eastern). The webcast on Blue Origin’s website begins 30 minutes before liftoff.  More information is on that website.

NS-36 is carrying a six-person crew for the approximately 10 minute flight up above the imaginary line that separates air and space and back down to the Texas desert. Five of the six have been publicly identified. The sixth wants to remain anonymous until after the flight. This is second New Shepard flight for Clint Kelly who previously flew on NS-22.