Blue Origin

[zandr]

Blue Origin  @blueorigin
Hatch closed. NS-33 final checks are underway prior to the GO for terminal count.

Люк закрыт...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-rq-Ul58a0

New Shepard Mission NS-33 Webcast
  Blue Origin

Трансляция.

[zandr]

HOLD!
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Остановлен отсчёт за 50 секунд.

[zandr]

Улетели!
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[Анатолий Егоров]

Пара "красивых" чисел этого полёта:
- впервые на высоте свыше 100 км 20 человек
- это 400-й пилотируемый полёт на высоту выше 80 км

[Анатолий Егоров]

Сели почти на площадку с бустером

[zandr]

Сели почти на площадку с бустером

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[Анатолий Егоров]

Сели почти на площадку с бустером

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[Анатолий Егоров]

The Crew Capsule reached an apogee of 345,044 ft AGL / 348,691 ft MSL (105 km AGL / 106 km MSL).

The booster reached an apogee of 344,725 ft AGL / 348,372 ft MSL (105 km AGL / 106 km MSL).

Official launch time was 9:39:56 AM CDT / 14:39:56 UTC

Capsule landing occurred at 9:50:10 AM CDT / 14:50:10 UTC

The mission elapsed time was 10 min 14 sec.

[Pirat5]

по видео:
max высота 344,642ft = 105.047km

[Анатолий Егоров]

Прибавьте ещё чуть больше тысячи метров. Это высота над уровнем моря ранчо Безоса со стартовой площадкой.

[zandr]

https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1939367323594260485

Blue Origin  @blueorigin
We just completed our 13th human spaceflight and the 33rd flight of the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included Allie Kuehner and her husband, Carl Kuehner, Leland Larson, Freddie Rescigno, Jr., Owolabi Salis, and Jim Sitkin. To date, New Shepard has flown 70 people to space.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4nfgQKe

[Paleopulo]

И анонс очередного полета

Blue Origin today announced the six people flying on its NS-34 mission. The crew includes: Arvi Bahal, Gökhan Erdem, Deborah Martorell, Lionel Pitchford, J.D. Russell, and H.E. Justin Sun. 
Рассел второй раз летит. В ноябре 24-го летал, видать, понравилось.

[zandr]

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-ns-34-mission

Blue Origin Announces Crew for New Shepard's 34th Mission

Blue Origin today announced the six people flying on its NS-34 mission. The crew includes: Arvi Bahal, Gökhan Erdem, Deborah Martorell, Lionel Pitchford, J.D. Russell, and H.E. Justin Sun, the winning bidder for the first New Shepard seat in 2021. The proceeds from the $28 million bid benefitted 19 space-focused charities to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEAM and help shape the future of life in space. J.D. is flying for the second time; he previously flew on NS-28.

This mission is the 14th human flight for the New Shepard program and the 34th in its history. To date, Blue Origin has flown 70 people above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. The flight date will be announced soon. The live webcast on launch day will start 30 minutes before liftoff. 

Meet the Crew 

Arvinder (Arvi) Singh Bahal 

Спойлер

Arvi is a real estate investor born in Agra, India, and now a naturalized U.S. citizen. A lifelong traveler and adventurer, Arvi has visited every country in the world, the North and South Poles, and skydived Mount Everest and the Pyramids of Giza. He holds a private pilot's license and also flies helicopters. 

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Gökhan Erdem  

Спойлер

Gökhan is a Turkish businessman and a board member of Erdem Holding, a diverse group of companies operating in the energy, telecommunications, construction, and manufacturing sectors. Outside of his professional responsibilities, Gökhan is a passionate space enthusiast and an avid photographer. Deeply inspired by space exploration, he dreams of one day traveling to the International Space Station and possibly even beyond. 

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Deborah Martorell 

Спойлер

Deborah is a Puerto Rican meteorologist and journalist. Her reporting on environmental and space topics has garnered eight Emmy Awards and two Awards of Excellence in Science Reporting from the American Meteorological Society. Her passion for space led her to participate in a 2007 microgravity flight with NASA, extensively cover Puerto Rican astronauts Joe Acabá and Marcos Berríos, and report on missions including STS-119, Artemis 1, and the launch of Puerto Rico's first nanosatellite, CuNARD-2. She was selected for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences' project PoSSUM, and is also a Solar System Ambassador for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Lionel Pitchford  

Спойлер

Lionel is an Englishman who has spent the last four decades in Spain working as a teacher, translator, and tour guide as a means to travel the world. In 1992, following a plane crash with his sister and her family onboard, Lionel founded a nonprofit in Nepal dedicated to serving disadvantaged children and girls. He's also run an orphanage in Kathmandu for over 30 years. Lionel has dreamed of flying to space since catching the travel bug and is astonished it's now possible for ordinary people. He aims to inspire others they can do the same.

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James (J.D.) Russell  

Спойлер

J.D. is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Alpha Funds, a technology-focused venture capital company, and Alpha Aerospace, an aerospace consulting and solutions company. He founded the Victoria Russell Foundation to honor the memory of his deceased daughter. The foundation is dedicated to supporting children's education and assisting the families of first responders. It's a proud partner with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to bring the love of reading to children by gifting books free of charge to children. J.D. first flew to space on NS-28 on November 22, 2024. 

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H.E. Justin Sun  

Спойлер

H.E. Justin Sun is the Ambassador and former Permanent Representative of Grenada to the WTO, Prime Minister of Liberland, Founder of TRON, a world-leading blockchain and DAO, and Advisor to HTX, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges. A protege of Alibaba's Jack Ma, Sun was featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine in April 2025, where he was recognized as one of the most dynamic and outspoken figures in crypto and earning the moniker 'Crypto's Billionaire Barker' for his bold approach to innovation, advocacy, and industry leadership. He's been named on Forbes' 30 under 30 list in the Consumer Technology category several times, among other global recognitions. Sun is an avid art collector, gamer, investor, philanthropist, and space enthusiast.  

In 2021, Justin placed the winning bid for the first seat on New Shepard. The $28 million in proceeds were donated to Blue Origin's foundation, Club for the Future, which selected 19 space-focused nonprofits to each receive a $1 million grant to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEAM and help invent the future of life in space. 

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[Pirat5]

предприниматель Джастин Сан [H.E. Justin Sun].

22 дек. 2021 г    Основатель платформы Tron заплатил $28 млн за полет
Основатель платформы развлекательного контента Tron Джастин Сан (Justin Sun) выиграл аукцион и заплатил $28 млн за возможность совершить полет на ракете New Shepard американской компании Blue Origin. Об этом в четверг он сообщил на своей странице в Twitter. Ранее личность победителя торгов, состоявшихся в июне 2021 года, не раскрывалась, передает ТАСС.
"Полгода назад мне повезло победить в аукционе на место в первом запуске Blue Origin. Сегодня я хотел объявить, что буду участвовать в запуске по программе "Sea of Stars". Еще пять человек будут отобраны для полета, который состоится в 2022 году", - говорится в публикации предпринимателя. По словам Сана, его будущие товарищи по команде будут обладать "особым статусом" в мире криптовалюты, технологии и искусства, среди них будет также "влиятельная знаменитость". Ожидается, что их личности будут объявлены последовательно в преддверии полета.   
https://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/news/82331/

[zandr]

https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7905

NS-34
Launch Time
Sun Aug 3, 2025 14:30 GMT+3

Необычно рано: 06:30 по местному, если не ошибаюсь.

[Pirat5]

and H.E. Justin Sun, the winning bidder for the first New Shepard seat in 2021, who was unable to attend that flight due to a scheduling conflict.
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7905

перевод:
победитель тендера на первое место в New Shepard в 2021 году, который не смог присутствовать на этом рейсе из-за несовпадения расписаний.

4 года сводил расписания...

[Анатолий Егоров]

NS-34
Launch Time
Sun Aug 3, 2025 14:30 GMT+3

Additionally, Blue Origin released the NS-34 mission patch. A few of the symbols embedded include: 

• The globe symbolizes Arvi Bahal's passion for travel, including visiting every country in the world, and the North and South Poles. 
• The Bosphorus Strait symbolizes Gökhan Erdem's Turkish heritage.    
• The shape of Puerto Rico symbolizes Deborah Martorell's home. 
• Mt. Everest symbolizes Lionel Pitchford's decades of work in Nepal. 
• The book symbolizes J.D. Russell's foundation, founded in honor of his deceased daughter, and dedicated to supporting children's education and assisting first responder families. 
• The banana symbolizes H.E. Justin Sun's passion for conceptual art. 
• The sun in the center symbolizes H.E. Justin Sun, Deborah Martorell's meteorology background, and new adventures for the whole crew.

[Анатолий Егоров]

Необычно рано: 06:30 по местному, если не ошибаюсь.

The launch window opens at 7:30 AM CDT / 12:30 UTC.

[zandr]

Да. Сдвинули вперёд на час: 15:30 мск.

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