Tron's Justin Sun will join the next Blue Origin crew

Justin Sun will join the next Blue Origin crew after winning a bidding competition for a space on the aircraft. The founder of TRON bid $28M for the space walk. 

Justin Sun is not going to the Moon, but he will at least join the latest crew of the Blue Origin aircraft. Sun won a spot on the space capsule back in 2021, after bidding $28M. The payment for a spot on Blue Origin will go to charity, announced Sun. 

In 2021, I bid $28M for a seat on @BlueOrigin’s New Shepard rocket—funds that went to @clubforfuture, Blue Origin’s foundation, to support 19 space-based charities inspiring the next generation of STEM leaders.

Proud to join Blue Origin’s NS-34 mission and continue encouraging… https://t.co/oLV4ly1Wtv

— H.E. Justin Sun 🍌 (@justinsuntron) July 21, 2025

Sun’s donation will go toward Club for the Future, Blue Origin’s foundation. Club for the Future will seed 19 space-themed nonprofits with $1M each.

The donation follows Sun’s habit of joining high-publicity events. Previously, Sun won the right to a dinner with Warren Buffett, after placing a winning bid of $4.5M. The dinner ended up being delayed for months, finally happening in February 2020. 

Back in May, Sun also attended a private dinner with Donald Trump, based on his status as a top TRUMP token holder. Sun topped the leaderboard by buying TRUMP aggressively. Sun has also announced plans to invest $100M in TRUMP and launch a version of the token on TRON.

Justin Sun joins the 14th Blue Origin mission with a crew

Blue Origin’s 34th mission will also include Arvi Bahal, Gökhan Erdem, Deborah Martorell, Lionel Pitchford, and J.D. Russell. Sun will be the only person on board who bid for the spot. 

Blue Origin has flown 20 test missions, and Sun will join the 14th mission with a crew. The spacecraft will fly above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. 

The date of the flight is yet to be announced, depending on weather conditions. The event will be broadcast via live webcast on launch day, starting 30 minutes before liftoff. 

Will Sun’s space flight launch a TRON summer? 

Following Sun’s announcement, TRX retained its recent gains around $0.31. TRX remained more stable during market corrections, but has not made new peaks during July’s market rally. 

The run-up to the flight may add attention to TRX. Currently, the TRON network benefits from the growing stablecoin activity, serving both payments and DeFi. 

Immediately after the news, a dozen meme tokens launched on SunPump based on the hype of Sun’s space walk. 

Justin Moon and Astronaut Justin Sun advanced the fastest in raising liquidity, though most of the new token pairs had relatively shallow liquidity pools.

Sun’s space walk is yet another addition to his recent image as a key crypto leader. Sun remains one of the partners of Trump’s World Liberty Fi, while also planning to make TRON a public company through a reverse merger on the US market. 

However, the TRON ecosystem is still viewed with skepticism since the crash of the TUSD stablecoin. Sun has not faced repercussions after bailing out the stablecoin, but sparked additional skepticism about the real value of the network. 

The TRON chain is also seen as being mostly run by bots, due to the overwhelming number of users reported. Despite this, TRX remained a growth asset, mostly based on its burn program.

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