Blue Origin completes 35th New Shepard mission

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Blue Origin completes 35th New Shepard mission
Melissa Luna
KTSM
Thu, September 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM EDT
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Blue Origin successfully completed its 35th New Shepard flight and 15th payload mission on Thursday, Sept. 18, from one of its launch sites in West Texas.

The flight carried more than 40 payloads from students, NASA, research institutions, and commercial companies, bringing the total number of science payloads to more than 200, Blue Origin said.

Club for the Future, Blue Origin’s nonprofit, flew thousands of postcards as part of its Postcards to Space program. Each postcard will be returned to its creator stamped “Flown to Space,” Blue Origin said.

“We’re proud to have flown hundreds of science, research, and educational payloads to space on New Shepard,” said Audrey Powers, VP, Mission and Flight Operations. “Each mission has expanded opportunities for our customers to rapidly and reliably test space technologies, conduct groundbreaking research, and engage the next generation of scientists and explorers.”

Blue Origin

This was the 12th and final mission for the RSS H.G. Wells Crew Capsule, the dedicated vehicle for flying customer payloads and Club for the Future postcards above the Karman Line. The vehicle will be utilized for non-flight test activities to support ongoing New Shepard development before permanent display at a location to be determined, Blue Origin said.

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