NS-16
NS-16
Launch Date
July 20, 2021
Craft
New Shepard
Status
Past
Crew
4
NS-16
NS-16
Launch Date
July 20, 2021
Craft
New Shepard
Status
Past
Crew
4
Overview
Blue Origin's first crewed, suborbital mission.
Nations
United States of America
United States of America
Agencies
Blue Origin
Blue Origin
Crafts
New Shepard
New Shepard
Named after the first American to reach space, Alan Shepard, the New Shepard rocket is powered at both launch and landing by a single Blue Origin-developed engine.
Crew
587
Wally Funk
United States of America
United States of America
Blue Origin
Blue Origin
1
MISSIONS
<.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
589
Mark Bezos
United States of America
United States of America
Blue Origin
Blue Origin
1
MISSIONS
<.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
590
Oliver Daemen
Netherlands
Netherlands
Blue Origin
Blue Origin
1
MISSIONS
<.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
588
Jeff Bezos
United States of America
United States of America
Blue Origin
Blue Origin
1
MISSIONS
<.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
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