NS-20
New Shepard
Blue Origin
Crew
Gary Lai
Status: Occasional Spaceflight
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Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 3/31/2022
Last Flight: 3/31/2022
Gary Lai is the Chief Architect of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and capsule.
DoB unknown.
George Nield
Status: Occasional Spaceflight
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Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 3/31/2022
Last Flight: 3/31/2022
Dr. George Nield is the president of Commercial Space Technologies, LLC, which he founded to encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space activities. He previously served as associate administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation and was responsible for licensing and regulating all commercial launch activities. Earlier in his career, he held engineering roles at the Air Force Flight Test Center and the Orbital Sciences Corporation, and he was an assistant professor and research director at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Dr. Nield also served as the manager of the Flight Integration Office for NASA’s Space Shuttle Program.
Jim Kitchen
Status: Occasional Spaceflight
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Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 3/31/2022
Last Flight: 3/31/2022
Jim Kitchen is a teacher, entrepreneur, and world explorer who has visited all 193 U.N.-recognized countries.
Marc Hagle
Status: Occasional Spaceflight
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Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 3/31/2022
Last Flight: 3/31/2022
Marc Hagle is president and CEO of Tricor International, a residential and commercial property development corporation.
Marty Allen
Status: Occasional Spaceflight
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Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 3/31/2022
Last Flight: 3/31/2022
Marty Allen is a turnaround CEO and angel investor.
Sharon Hagle
Status: Occasional Spaceflight
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Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 3/31/2022
Last Flight: 3/31/2022
Sharon Hagle founded SpaceKids Global in 2015, a nonprofit whose mission is to inspire students to excel in STEAM+ education with a focus on empowering young girls. SpaceKids hosts several annual challenges designed to inspire kids to pursue careers in the space industry, including national essay competitions and a partnership with the Girl Scouts of Citrus County.
Mission
NS-20
Type: Tourism
NS-20 is the fourth crewed New Shepard flight, carrying six passengers.
Trajectory
The trajectory is unavailable. Check back for updates.
Location
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
23 rockets have launched from Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA.
Core Landing
NS4 has landed at Corn Ranch Landing Pad after its sixth flight.
Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas – CR
New Shepard landing site.
Return to Launch Site – RTLS
A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from.
Agency
Blue Origin – BO
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: BO
- Administration: CEO: Jeff Bezos
- Founded: 2000
- Launchers: New Shepard | New Glenn
- Country: USA
Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
The 4th flight of Shepard and it will be on Saturday night live?.
What will they think of next .?
No dancing monkeys please.
Good luck to all onboard the new Shepard.
Good luck all, wish we were going with you .
P.S there is one missing crew member, ? we can fill this spot if you like Blue Origin.
P.S.S. You are a lucky guy Gary being the new number 6th plus , you are very qualified so the best of Aussie luck matey.
We are with you in spirit on this trip.
Is this another (Up/Down) Disney “E Ticket” Ride or are they actually going to orbit? Starting to wonder if we will see any progress.
I am not aware of any aspirations for an orbital launch.
Agree folks , reckon its a quick “up and down” and back for lunch.
Lets hope there is a bigger picture to come .?
Jeff Bezos is another provider of future air and space museum relics.
Great launch to the roaring twenties and great webcast coverage Blue Origin lets do it again .