posted 05-21-2025 11:40 AM               

Blue Origin Announces Crew for New Shepard's 32nd Mission

Blue Origin today announced the six people flying on its NS-32 mission. The crew includes Aymette Medina Jorge, Dr. Gretchen Green, Jaime Alemán, Jesse Williams, Mark Rocket, and Paul Jeris.

This mission is the 12th human flight for the New Shepard program and the 32nd overall. The flight date will be announced soon.

Meet the Crew

• Aymette (Amy) Medina Jorge

  Amy is a high school and middle school STEM teacher at Odyssey Academy in Galveston, Texas. She has led more than 60 space experiments and Zero-Gravity projects, including flying biometric sensors developed by her students and performing in-flight 3D printing as part of a parabolic Zero-G flight. Born in Puerto Rico, Amy's mission is to boost Hispanic representation in STEM fields and push for greater inclusion in science for underrepresented communities. She is the 2023 AIAA and Challenger Center Trailblazing STEM Educator Award recipient, which celebrates educators who go above and beyond to inspire the next generation of explorers and innovators in STEM. Amy's seat is sponsored by Farmacias Similares, a Mexican company committed to social impact and accessible healthcare across Latin America.

• Dr. Gretchen Green

  Dr. Green is a radiologist specializing in women's imaging with over 20 years of clinical experience. An educator, explorer, and lifelong space enthusiast, she first attended Space Camp in 1986, later worked as a Crew Trainer, chaired the Space Camp Alumni Association, and now serves on the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation Board. Nationally recognized as a medicolegal expert witness and entrepreneur, she founded The Expert Resource to help physicians build expert witness businesses and improve patient care. A certified life coach, she empowers others to pursue their highest purpose. At 16, she bicycled across the U.S. to fight hunger and, in 2022, reached the North Pole. Dr. Green trained at Harvard, Yale, and Brown, earning degrees in neuroscience, history of medicine, and medicine from Brown, and is a proud graduate of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.

• Jaime Alemán

  Jaime is a Panamanian attorney, businessman, and former ambassador to the United States. A Notre Dame and Duke Law School graduate, Jaime serves as a Senior Partner at Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & Lee, a law firm he co-founded in 1985, and sits on the board of directors of one of Panama's largest private banks. He serves on Special Olympics International's Board of Directors, Duke Law School's Board of Visitors, and the Woodrow Wilson Center's Latin America Board. A lifelong adventurer, Jaime will become the first person to travel to all 193 U.N.-recognized countries, the North and South Poles, and space.

• Jesse Williams

  Jesse is a Canadian entrepreneur and adventurer. He started his first digital marketing business at age 16 and currently serves as CEO of Car History Group, which he founded in 2012. A competitive cyclist and avid mountaineer, Jesse has summited six of the seven highest peaks on Earth, including Mt. Everest and Antarctica's Mt. Vinson.

• Mark Rocket

  Mark is an entrepreneur and technology leader from Christchurch, New Zealand. He is CEO of Kea Aerospace, which develops solar-powered, stratospheric UAVs for aerial imaging and monitoring, and President of Aerospace New Zealand, whose mission is to promote the interests of the New Zealand aerospace community. He was a seed investor in Rocket Lab, where he served as co-Director until 2011.

• Paul Jeris

  Paul is a real estate developer and entrepreneur. Inspired by his NASA engineer father, he grew fascinated with space at a young age. He spent his childhood summers on Florida's Space Coast, watching historic Apollo, Shuttle, Mariner, Voyager, and Viking launches. Driven by a passion for exploration, Jeris has visited more than 149 countries, aiming to see every nation. Despite his many adventures, his lifelong dream is to journey to space and witness Earth's fragile beauty from above. In addition to his professional ventures, Paul actively serves on several local and regional tourism boards, giving back to the travel industry that has helped shape his life.

posted 05-31-2025 07:48 AM               

Blue Origin's 12th human flight, NS-32, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Saturday, May 31. The crew includes Aymette Medina Jorge, Dr. Gretchen Green, Jaime Alemán, Jesse Williams, Mark Rocket, and Paul Jeris.

posted 05-31-2025 09:47 AM               

Blue Origin's New Shepard Completes 32nd Flight, Has Now Flown 64 People to Space

Today, Blue Origin successfully completed its 12th human spaceflight and the 32nd flight for the New Shepard program. The crew included: K-12 STEM teacher Aymette Medina Jorge, radiologist turned explorer Dr. Gretchen Green, former Panamanian ambassador to the United States Jaime Alemán, businessman Jesse Williams, aerospace executive Mark Rocket, and entrepreneur Paul Jeris. Including today's crew, New Shepard has now flown 64 people into space—including four who have flown twice—among them scientific researchers, educators, physicians, explorers, and entrepreneurs.

"We thank our customers for trusting us to give them the opportunity to appreciate Earth's fragility from above, an experience that truly transforms those who embark on it," said Phil Joyce, Senior Vice President of New Shepard. "We look forward to seeing what our remarkable crew will do with this experience. I am proud of our team's dedication in making these moments possible."

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, New Shepard is Blue Origin's fully reusable, autonomous suborbital rocket system built to fly humans and scientific payloads to space. The rocket is powered by one BE-3PM engine, which is fueled by a highly efficient and clean combination of liquid hydrogen and oxygen. During flight, the only byproduct of New Shepard's engine combustion is water vapor, with no carbon emissions.

Key stats from New Shepard's NS-32 mission:

• The Crew Capsule reached an apogee of 340,290 ft AGL/343,937 ft MSL (104 km AGL/105 km MSL).

• The booster reached an apogee of 339,963 ft AGL/343,610 ft MSL (104 km AGL/105 km MSL)

• Official launch time was 8:39:11 AM CDT/13:39:11 UTC.

• Capsule landing occurred at 8:49:18 AM CDT/13:49:18 UTC.

• The mission elapsed time was 10 min 7 sec.