New Shepard
Meet our Astronauts
New Shepard began flying humans in 2021 following the conclusion of a rigorous flight test program. To date, the program has flown 86 humans (80 individuals) and more than 200 scientific payloads above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. Our astronauts come from all over the world and from all backgrounds — they're adventurers, artists, business leaders, doctors, entrepreneurs, explorers, journalists, philanthropists, pilots, scientists, teachers, and more.
Jeff Elgin
Executive in franchise industry, founder of FranChoice
Danna Karagussova
Co-founder of Portals, a multimodal ecosystem; lifelong mountaineer
Dr. Clint Kelly III
Technology leader; second flight on New Shepard
Will Lewis
Biotechnology executive, businessman, and adventurer
Aaron Newman
Serial entrepreneur and explorer; founded non-profit organization Exploring Our Deep World
Vitalii Ostrovsky
Ukrainian businessman, hotel and real estate investor, systems analyst, web developer, and globetrotter
Arvi Bahal
Real estate investor and lifelong traveler
Gökhan Erdem
Turkish businessman and board member of Erdem Holding
Deborah Martorell
Puerto Rican meteorologist and award-winning journalist
Lionel Pitchford
Teacher, translator, and tour guide
J.D. Russell
Founder of Alpha Funds, Alpha Aerospace, and the Victoria Russell Foundation; second flight on New Shepard
H.E. Justin Sun
Founder of TRON, a world-leading blockchain and DAO; placed the winning bid for the first seat on New Shepard
NS-33June 29, 2025
Allie Kuehner
Conservationist and Board Member of the nonprofit 'Nature is Nonpartisan;' Carl’s wife
Carl Kuehner
Conservationist and real estate developer; Allie’s husband
Leland Larson
Philanthropist and former CEO of School Bus Services, Inc. and Larson Transportation Services
Freddie Rescigno Jr.
Italian-American entrepreneur and CEO of Commodity Cables
Owolabi Salis
Attorney, financial consultant, and author
Jim Sitkin
Former attorney and lifelong adventurer
NS-32May 31, 2025
Jaime Alemán
Panamanian attorney, businessman, and former ambassador to the U.S.
Dr. Gretchen Green
Radiologist, educator, and explorer
Paul Jeris
Real estate developer and entrepreneur
Aymette Medina Jorge
Puerto Rican STEM teacher at Odyssey Academy in Galveston, TX
Mark Rocket
Entrepreneur and aerospace leader from New Zealand
Jesse Williams
Canadian entrepreneur and adventurer
NS-31April 14, 2025
Aisha Bowe
Former NASA rocket scientist, entrepreneur, and global STEM advocate
Kerianne Flynn
Filmmaker and community builder
Gayle King
Co-host of CBS Mornings and Oprah Daily editor-at-large
Amanda Nguyễn
Bioastronautics research scientist and civil rights activist
Katy Perry
Global pop superstar and philanthropist
Lauren Sánchez
Emmy Award-winning journalist, New York Times bestselling author, pilot, and Vice Chair of the Bezos Earth Fund
NS-30February 25, 2025
Lane Bess
Principal and Founder of Bess Ventures; second flight on New Shepard
Jesús Calleja
Spanish TV host, mountaineer, pilot, and adventurer
Elaine Hyde
Entrepreneur, physicist, pilot, and founder of Chicago Star and Eastside Enterprises
Richard Scott
Reproductive endocrinologist and research scientist
Tushar Shah
Partner and co-head of research at a hedge fund
Undisclosed
NS-28November 22, 2024
Emily Calandrelli
MIT-engineer, Emmy-nominated TV host, and New York Times best-selling author known as The Space Gal
Sharon Hagle
Founder of SpaceKids Global, a STEM-focused nonprofit; second flight on New Shepard with her husband, Marc
Marc Hagle
Real estate executive; second flight on New Shepard with his wife, Sharon
Austin Litteral
Risk management professional
J.D. Russell
Entrepreneur and founder of the Victoria Russell Foundation
Hank Wolfond
Chairman and CEO of Bayshore Capital from Canada
NS-26August 29, 2024
Nicolina Elrick
Philanthropist, entrepreneur, and STEM advocate
Rob Ferl
Distinguished professor and director of the Astraeus Space Institute at the University of Florida; first NASA-funded researcher to conduct an experiment as part of a commercial suborbital space crew
Eugene Grin
Ukrainian-born real estate and finance executive
Eiman Jahangir
Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine and Radiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Karsen Kitchen
Student and founder of Orbitelle, a STEM-focused nonprofit; at the time, the youngest woman to cross the Kármán line
Ephraim Rabin
American-Israeli businessman, philanthropist, and entrepreneur
NS-25May 19, 2024
Mason Angel
Industrious Ventures investor
Sylvain Chiron
French craft brewery founder and pilot
Ed Dwight
Former Air Force Captain and the nation's first Black astronaut candidate
Ken Hess
Founder of Family Tree Maker and Science Buddies, a STEM-focused nonprofit
Carol Schaller
Retired CPA and explorer
Gopi Thotakura
Pilot and co-founder of Preserve Life Corp
NS-22August 4, 2022
Coby Cotton
Co-founder of Dude Perfect
Mário Ferreira
Entrepreneur; the first from Portugal to fly to space
Clint Kelly III
Technology leader
Vanessa O'Brien
British-American mountaineer
Sara Sabry
Mechanical and biomedical engineer; the first from Egypt to fly to space
Steve Young
Telecommunications executive
NS-21June 4, 2022
Evan Dick
Investor and pilot; the first person to fly on New Shepard twice
Katya Echazarreta
Electrical engineer and science educator; the first Mexican-born woman to fly to space
Hamish Harding
Pilot and Chairman of Action Aviation
Victor Hespanha
Civil engineer; the second Brazilian to fly to space
Jaison Robinson
Adventurer and co-founder of Dream Variation Ventures
Victor Vescovo
Explorer, former U.S. Navy Commander, and founder of Insight Equity
NS-20March 31, 2022
Marty Allen
Business executive and investor
Marc Hagle
Real estate executive and philanthropist
Sharon Hagle
Founder of SpaceKids Global, a STEM-focused nonprofit
Jim Kitchen
Teacher and entrepreneur; the first to visit all UN-recognized countries and space
Gary Lai
New Shepard Chief Architect, Blue Origin
George Nield
President of Commercial Space Technologies and former Associate Administrator for the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation
NS-19December 11, 2021
Cameron Bess
Content creator; the first to fly to space with a parent, Lane
Lane Bess
Principal and Founder of Bess Ventures; the first to fly to space with a child, Cameron
Evan Dick
Investor and pilot
Laura Shepard Churchley
Daughter of first American in space, Alan Shepard; Astronaut Scholarship Foundation trustee
Michael Strahan
Co-host of Good Morning America and Pro Football Hall of Fame member
Dylan Taylor
CEO of Voyager Space, founder of Space for Humanity, and philanthropist
NS-18October 13, 2021
Chris Boshuizen
Co-founder of Planet Labs and entrepreneur from Australia
Glen de Vries
Co-founder of Medidata and entrepreneur
Audrey Powers
Vice President of Mission & Flight Operations, Blue Origin
William Shatner
Actor; during NS-18, became the oldest to fly to space
NS-16, Our First Human FlightJuly 20, 2021
Jeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon and Blue Origin
Mark Bezos
Co-founder of HighPost Capital and volunteer firefighter
Oliver Daemen
Student; at the time, the youngest person to fly to space
Wally Funk
Aviation pioneer and original member of the Mercury 13; during NS-16, became the oldest to fly to space
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