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Blue Origin announced Monday that Sun will join five other passengers on the NS-34 mission, marking the company’s 14th human spaceflight. The exact launch date hasn’t been revealed yet, but the flight will take off from Blue Origin’s facility in West Texas. Justin Sun, the billionaire founder of cryptocurrency platform Tron, will finally travel to space on Blue Origin’s next tourist flight. This comes four years after he won a $28 million charity auction for a seat on the company’s first crewed mission. From Record Auction to Space Flight Sun made headlines in June 2021 when he placed the winning $28 million bid for a seat on Blue Origin’s inaugural crewed flight. However, he didn’t reveal his identity as the winning bidder until December 2021. The massive sum went to Blue Origin’s Club for the Future foundation, which distributed grants to 19 space-focused charities. The original plan called for Sun to fly in 2022 with five companions he dubbed “space warriors.” Those plans fell through, and the flight was repeatedly delayed. Sun’s space journey gained new momentum in May 2025 when he posted on social media from inside a spacecraft training simulator, hinting that “big things” were coming. The NS-34 Mission Details Sun will be joined by five other passengers on the upcoming flight. The crew includes Arvinder Singh Bahal, a real estate investor who has visited every country in the world, and Gökhan Erdem, a Turkish businessman and space enthusiast. Puerto Rican meteorologist Deborah Martorell, who has won eight Emmy Awards for her science reporting, will also be on board. Meet the New Shepard NS-34 crewSource: @blueorigin The mission will also carry Lionel Pitchford, an English teacher who has run an orphanage in Nepal for over 30 years, and James Russell, who previously flew on Blue Origin’s NS-28 mission…

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