Blue Origin NS-34

Blue Origin NS-34
Mission type	Sub-orbital human spaceflight
Mission duration	10 minutes, 14 seconds
Apogee	105 km (65 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	RSS First Step
Manufacturer	Blue Origin
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Arvinder (Arvi) Singh Bahal; Gökhan Erdem; Deborah Martorell; Lionel Pitchford; James (J.D.) Russell; Justin Sun;
Start of mission
Launch date	August 3, 2025, 12:42 UTC
Rocket	New Shepard (NS4)
Launch site	Corn Ranch, LS‑1
Contractor	Blue Origin
End of mission
Landing date	August 3, 2025, 12:52 UTC
Landing site	Corn Ranch
	New Shepard flights ← Blue Origin NS-33 Blue Origin NS‑35 →

Blue Origin NS‑34 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 (Corn Ranch) in West Texas on August 3, 2025, at 12:42 UTC (08:42 a.m. Eastern).^[2] The launch window opened at about 7:30 AM CDT (12:30 UTC).

The crew includes world traveler and real estate investor Arvinder (Arvi) Singh Bahal, Turkish entrepreneur and photographer Gökhan Erdem, Emmy-winning meteorologist Deborah Martorell, humanitarian educator Lionel Pitchford, entrepreneur and returning space tourist James (J.D.) Russell, and crypto pioneer and TRON founder Justin Sun.

This mission represents the 14th human flight and the 34th overall flight of the New Shepard program.

Crew


Position	Passenger
Tourist	J. D. Russell Second spaceflight
Tourist	Justin Sun First spaceflight
Tourist	Deborah Martorell First spaceflight
Tourist	Lionel Pitchford First spaceflight
Tourist	Gökhan Erdem First spaceflight
Tourist	Arvinder (Arvi) Singh Bahal First spaceflight

References

^ Wall, Mike (August 3, 2025). "Blue Origin launches crypto billionaire Justin Sun and 5 other people to suborbital space (video)". Space. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
^ "New Shepard's Crewed NS-34 Mission Targets Liftoff on August 3". Blue Origin (Press release). Retrieved August 2, 2025.

[1] Wall, Mike (August 3, 2025). "Blue Origin launches crypto billionaire Justin Sun and 5 other people to suborbital space (video)". Space. Retrieved August 3, 2025.

[2] "New Shepard's Crewed NS-34 Mission Targets Liftoff on August 3". Blue Origin (Press release). Retrieved August 2, 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 Blue Moon ^* Blue Ring LPV LPV Jacklyn (ship)^† LPV1 Jacklyn (barge)
Rocket engines	BE-1 ^† BE-2 ^† BE-3 BE-4 BE-7 ^*
Missions	New Glenn 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
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