The next Blue Origin flight of its crewed suborbital New Shepard spacecraft is now scheduled for Saturday, May 31 and will include Canadian entrepreneur Jesse Williams.
NS-32 mission will include six crew members; Aymette Medina Jorge, Dr. Gretchen Green, Jaime Alemán, Mark Rocket, Paul Jeris along with Jesse Williams.
About Jesse Williams
In their promotional material for the flight Blue Origin described Jesse Willams as an “entrepreneur and adventurer” who is “started his first digital marketing business at age 16 and currently serves as CEO of Car History Group, which he founded in 2012.” He’s 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.”
Williams is from Edmonton according the his LinkedIn profile where he describes himself as a “digital marketing expert” and “serial entrepreneur.” Las Vegas is now home for Williams who founded Penguin Leads and the Car History Group in 2012.
About the crew
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.
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.
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.
The mission patch
The mission parch includes the following elements:
- The microchip, gears, and Pi symbols represent Amy Medina Jorge’s commitment to elevating Hispanic representation in STEM fields.
- Dr. Gretchen Green is represented by the caduceus, recognizing her career as a radiologist specializing in women’s imaging.
- The planets inside the mission number represent Paul Jeris’ passion for space and exploration.
- The kea parrot represents Mark Rocket’s home country of New Zealand.
- Jesse Williams is represented by the bike gears and Mt. Everest, showcasing his passion for cycling and climbing mountains.
- The blue sky represents Jaime Alemán’s philosophy behind pursuing his own goals—and supporting others in reaching theirs.
Launch time and broadcast
Blue Origin said Williams and the other participants “will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Saturday, May 31, 2025. The launch window opens at 8:30 AM CDT / 13:30 UTC.”
A webcast of the launch will start 30 minutes before the scheduled launch and be available on the Blue Origin website. It will also be available on YouTube.