HomeLatest Crypto NewsJustin Sun Becomes Youngest Chinese-Born Commercial Astronaut on Blue Origin

Justin Sun Becomes Youngest Chinese-Born Commercial Astronaut on Blue Origin

Posted: 4 August 2025, 11:33 CET | Updated: 4 August 2025, 12:27 CET 2 min read

TRON Founder Justin Sun Returns from Blue Origin Space Flight

Justin Sun safely returned from Blue Origin’s 10-minute suborbital flight, carrying 1,000 TRON community wishes to space.

TRON founder Justin Sun completed Blue Origin’s NS-34 suborbital flight on August 3, 2025, landing safely in West Texas after a ten-minute journey beyond the Kármán line. At 34 years old, Sun became the youngest Chinese-born person to fly on a commercial spacecraft.

The New Shepard rocket launched early Sunday morning from Blue Origin’s West Texas facility. Sun and five other crew members crossed the 100-kilometer altitude threshold that officially defines space. The capsule provided four minutes of weightlessness before descending by parachute to the desert floor.

Sun secured his seat through a €26 million ($28 million) auction held in 2021. The auction proceeds went to Blue Origin’s Club for the Future foundation. Sun brought 1,000 personal wishes from TRON community members aboard the flight.

“Earth is so small, and it’s our home. We definitely need to do whatever we can to protect it,” Sun said after landing. He described experiencing the Overview Effect, a psychological phenomenon reported by astronauts who view Earth from space.

Sun won the auction seat originally scheduled for 2021 but delayed his flight until 2025 due to a scheduling conflict. Blue Origin’s New Shepard program has carried multiple paying passengers since beginning commercial operations, with tickets typically costing millions of dollars.

TRON launched its mainnet in 2018 after Sun founded the project in 2017. The network currently hosts over 320 million user accounts and holds more than $26 billion in total value locked across its decentralized applications. TRON DAO governs the network through community voting mechanisms.

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