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Arvinder ‘Arvi’ Singh Bahal (centre) with some of the others set for Blue Origin’s space tourism flight NS-34.(X\/Blue Origin) <\/p>\nUpdated on: Aug 03, 2025 07:19 pm IST <\/p>\n
Arvi Bahal has traveled to every country in the world, was joined by five others on the 14th crewed mission of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard program. <\/p>\n
Arvinder ‘Arvi’ Singh Bahal, an 80-year-old Agra-born adventurer and real estate investor, lifted off for space aboard Blue Origin\u2019s NS-34 mission on Saturday. The suborbital flight lifted off from the company\u2019s Launch Site One in West Texas, marking another milestone in private human spaceflight.<\/p>\n
Arvinder ‘Arvi’ Singh Bahal (centre) with some of the others set for Blue Origin’s space tourism flight NS-34.(X\/Blue Origin) <\/p>\n
Describing Bahal, Blue Origin wrote, \u201cArvi is a real estate investor born in Agra, India, and now a naturalized US 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\u2019s license and also flies helicopters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bahal, who now lives in the US and has traveled to every country in the world, was joined by five others on the 14th crewed mission of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard program. The diverse crew included:<\/p>\n
Justin Sun, Chinese crypto entrepreneur and TRON founderDeborah Martorell, Puerto Rican meteorologistGokhan Erdem, Turkish businessmanLionel Pitchford, British educator and humanitarianJD Russell, American entrepreneur making his second Blue Origin flight<\/p>\n
The flight will last around 10 minutes and take the capsule past the Karman line – the internationally recognized boundary of space at 100 kilometers altitude – before returning safely to Earth.<\/p>\n
For Bahal, who is also a licensed pilot and a former Everest flyover participant, the spaceflight was the culmination of a lifelong passion for exploration.<\/p>\n
Blue Origin’s space flights<\/p>\n
This was Blue Origin\u2019s third crewed flight of 2025, adding to its growing roster of space tourists as it continues to pioneer commercial space travel.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, Blue Origin took Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez to space an all-female celebrity crew that included American singer Katy Perry and actor Gayle King.<\/p>\n
Blue Origin New Shepard mission NS-31, its 11th human flight, lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas on April 14 with an all-women crew.<\/p>\n
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