Blue Origin NS-30
{{Short description|2025 private sub-orbital human spaceflight}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{infobox spaceflight
| name = Blue Origin NS-30
| mission_type = Sub-orbital human spaceflight
| mission_duration = {{time interval|25 February 2025, 15:49:11|25 February 2025, 15:59:19|show=hms|sep=,}}
| suborbital_apogee = {{cvt|107|km|mi}}
| spacecraft = RSS First Step{{cite AV media |date=25 February 2024 |title=Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-30 Webcast
|language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXRzcSw_bdc|access-date=25 February 2024 |time=15:30 UTC |location=Van Horn, Texas, United States |publisher=Blue Origin}}.
| manufacturer = Blue Origin
| crew_size = 6
| crew_members = {{Unbulleted list|Lane Bess|Jesús Calleja|Tushar Shah|Dr. Richard Scott|Elaine Chia Hyde|Russell Wilson}}
| launch_date = {{ltime|February 25, 2025|15|49|11|CST|net=no}}
| launch_rocket = New Shepard (NS4)
| launch_site = Corn Ranch, LS-1
| launch_contractor = Blue Origin
| landing_date = {{ltime|February 25, 2025|15|59|19|CST|unlink=yes|net=no}}
| landing_site = Corn Ranch
| insignia = Blue_Origin_NS-30_patch.png
| insignia_size = 150px
| insignia_caption = Blue Origin NS-30 mission patch
| programme = New Shepard flights
| previous_mission = Blue Origin NS-29
| next_mission = Blue Origin NS-31
}}
Blue Origin NS-30 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, which launched on February 25, 2025, using the New Shepard rocket.{{Cite tweet |number=1892955768506163510|user=blueorigin|title=Their journey to space begins 🔜 New Shepard’s crewed NS-30 mission is targeting liftoff from Launch Site One on Tuesday, Feb. 25 with the launch window opening at 9:30 AM CST / 15:30 UTC. Learn more about the symbolism behind the mission patch: https://bit.ly/3X6Fr8w|date=21 February 2025|access-date=21 February 2025}}{{cite web |date=25 February 2025 |orig-date=18 February 2025 |title=Blue Origin's New Shepard Completes 30th Mission to Space |url=https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-ns-30-mission |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=Blue Origin}}{{Cite tweet |number=1894438967291875490|user=blueorigin|title=Key stats from today’s New Shepard crewed NS-30 mission: The crew capsule reached an apogee of 345,769 ft AGL / 349,416 ft MSL (105 km AGL / 107 km MSL) The booster reached an apogee of 345,404 ft AGL / 349,051 ft MSL (105 km AGL / 106 km MSL) Official launch time was 9:49:11 AM CST / 15:49:11 UTC Capsule landing occurred at 9:59:19 AM CST / 15:59:19 UTC The mission elapsed time was 10 min 8 sec
|date=25 February 2025|access-date=25 February 2025}}
Crew
{{Spaceflight crew |crew= |crew1_up={{flagicon|USA}} Lane Bess |position1=Tourist |flights1_up=Second |crew2_up={{flagicon|SPA}} Jesús Calleja |position2=Tourist|flights2_up=First|crew3_up={{Flagicon|India}} {{flagicon|USA}} Tushar Shah |position3=Tourist|flights3_up=First|crew4_up={{flagicon|USA}} Dr. Richard Scott|position4=Tourist|flights4_up=First|crew5_up={{flagicon|Australia}} Elaine Chia Hyde |position5=Tourist|flights5_up=First|crew6_up={{Flagicon|Australia}} Russell Wilson |position6=Tourist|flights6_up=First|terminology=Passenger}}
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The flight's passengers include Lane Bess on his second flight on New Shepard, his first being Blue Origin NS-19 in 2021, Jesús Calleja, a Spanish mountaineer, Tushar Shah, Dr. Richard Scott, Australians Elaine Chia Hyde and Russell Wilson.{{Cite web |title=FAA Commercial Human Space Flight Recognition {{!}} Federal Aviation Administration |url=https://www.faa.gov/space/human_spaceflight/recognition |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250303182326/https://www.faa.gov/space/human_spaceflight/recognition |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=www.faa.gov |language=en}}
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Category:Suborbital space tourism flights