Blue OriginNew ShepardWest Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch, Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
NS-35
Launched
September 18, 2025 · 13:00 UTC
Image: Blue Origin
Summary
NS-35 launched on a Blue Origin New Shepard from West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch, Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA on September 18, 2025 at 13:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:30 to 20:30 UTC. It was Blue Origin's 36th launch and 8th this year. It was the 35th New Shepard flight and the 7th this year. Booster NS-5 flew for the 5th time and landed at Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas. The payload was bound for Suborbital (Sub). The spacecraft was RSS H.G. Wells (2.0-1).
- Watch
- Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-35 WebcastBlue Origin
- Vehicle
- New Shepard · Blue Origin
- Booster
- Mission
- Suborbital · Suborbital (Sub)
- Milestone
- 35th New Shepard flight · 7th this yearBlue Origin's 36th launch8th this year
Spacecraft
RSS H.G. Wells (2.0-1)
Second New Shepard capsule. It is dedicated to uncrewed flights.
- Destination: Suborbital
- Mission length: under an hour
The RSS capsule RSS H. G. Wells has landed at Blue Origin's Corn Ranch facility.
Webcast
Flight preview
About this launch
NS-35 is the 35th flight for the New Shepard program. This flight will fly more than 40 scientific and research payloads to space and back, including 24 experiments from NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge and payloads for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, University of Florida, Carthage College, University of Central Florida, Teledyne, Space Lab Technologies, and Teachers in Space, among others.
Pad
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch, Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
35th launch from West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch, 7th this year · 35th from Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 18, 8:00 AM CDT, in daylight
38 launches from this pad · 38 from Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
46 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Mission complete.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Blue Origin has started
LL2 · 9/18/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/14/2025 · source
Rescheduled for NET September 18.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/12/2025 · source
Reverted back to August TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/27/2025 · source
NET August 28.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/26/2025 · source
Scrubbed for the day due to booster avionics issue.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/26/2025 · source
Setting GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/25/2025 · source
Delayed till NET August 26.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/24/2025 · source
Questions
When did NS-35 launch?
NS-35 launched on September 18, 2025 at 13:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:30 to 20:30 UTC.
Where can I watch NS-35?
Coverage: Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-35 Webcast. Watch the replay
What rocket launched NS-35?
New Shepard, flown by Blue Origin. New Shepard spec sheet
Where did NS-35 launch from?
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch, Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA. Liftoff was Sep 18, 8:00 AM CDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster NS-5 flew for the 5th time and landed at Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas.
What orbit was NS-35 going to?
Suborbital (Sub), a suborbital mission.