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Blue Origin targets Jan. 22 NS-38 New Shepard crewed suborbital flight with six passengers

Blue Origin has set Jan. 22 for NS-38, the 17th crewed New Shepard flight, carrying six announced passengers on a short suborbital hop. The launch is the company's first crewed flight of 2026 and continues its commercial suborbital passenger operations.

Discovered 2026-01-20T05:06:03.907551-08:00 | 2026-01-20T05:06:03.907551-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • NS-38 is scheduled for Jan. 22 as Blue Origin’s 17th crewed New Shepard mission and carries six announced passengers, continuing the company’s passenger-flight record and operational tempo (context on recent New Shepard passenger flights: source:7fea7163-d879-4314-87a9-869c33157236).

  • The flight is Blue Origin’s first crewed launch of 2026 and is part of a broader uptick in commercial and company flight activity that accelerated through 2025 (program cadence context: source:bac47f36-68a3-4df0-9bfc-b26b3fdee6ce).

  • The mission occurs amid parallel Blue Origin development efforts on larger launch vehicles and government-relevant campaigns, underscoring the company’s dual commercial and strategic program priorities (related program context: source:4f2295ac-293c-42f8-9cdc-db88dd4c86ac).

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2026-01-20T05:06:03.907551-08:00
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