{"id":11480,"date":"2022-06-05T01:59:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T17:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-launches-six-people-to-suborbital-space\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T01:59:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T17:59:08","slug":"blue-origin-launches-six-people-to-suborbital-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-launches-six-people-to-suborbital-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin launches six people to suborbital space"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_57207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57207\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57207\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ns21launch.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ns21launch.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ns21launch-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ns21launch-678x381.jpeg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ns21launch-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Origin\u2019s NS-21 gets underway with launch of a New Shepard rocket from West Texas. Credit: Blue Origin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blue Origin\u2019s suborbital New Shepard rocket propelled six people to an altitude of more than 60 miles over West Texas Saturday, including the first Mexican-born woman to fly to space.<\/p>\n<p>The company has now flown five missions carrying 25 people to suborbital space, and aims to nearly double that figure by the end of this year, according to a host on the Blue Origin webcast Saturday. The company\u2019s first human mission last July carried billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and three co-passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The flight began with liftoff from Blue Origin\u2019s privately-owned spaceport north of Van Horn, Texas, at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT; 8:25 a.m. CDT). The mission, designated NS-21, was previously scheduled to launch May 20, but Blue Origin delayed the flight to address a problem with a backup system on the New Shepard rocket.<\/p>\n<p>The six passengers on the NS-21 mission included Katya Echazarreta, a 26-year-old electrical engineer who will become the first first Mexican-born woman and the youngest American woman to fly to space. Born in Guadalajara, Echazarreta earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical engineering from UCLA in 2019, and worked&nbsp;at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory supporting several projects, including the Perseverance rover on Mars and the Europa Clipper mission now in development.<\/p>\n<p>Echazarreta\u2019s flight was sponsored by a nonprofit called Space for Humanity. She is the co-host of the YouTube series \u201cNetflix IRL\u201d and \u201cElectric Kat\u201d on the CBS show \u201cMission Unstoppable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1533078158609723392&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2022%2F06%2F04%2Fblue-origin-ns-21%2F&amp;sessionId=27754eafc2e6570c068b3786077c76c5f8daefb6&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1533078158609723392\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i178246958130653337=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Liftoff of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard rocket from West Texas, launching with six passengers on the way to suborbital space.<\/p>\n<p>This is Blue Origin\u2019s fifth launch with people on-board.<\/p>\n<p>Watch live: https:\/\/t.co\/b77fvjryT7 pic.twitter.com\/c0LIu6StyJ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 4, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Evan Dick, an engineer and investor, became the first repeat customer for Blue Origin. He flew to space on the NS-19 mission in December.<\/p>\n<p>The NS-21 mission also carried the second Brazilian to fly to space. Victor&nbsp;Correa&nbsp;Hespanha, 28, won a lottery to secure his seat on the New Shepard rocket. Hespanha is a civil production engineer, whose ride is sponsored by the Crypto Space Agency, an organization which says its \u201ccore mission is to converge the space industry\u2019s technology with the innovation and financial power of the crypto markets to accelerate mankind\u2019s off-world future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other passengers on the NS-21 mission included Jaison Robinson, founder of the&nbsp;commercial real estate company JJM Investments and co-founder of Dream Variations Ventures, which invests in tech and sports startups. Robinson has a law degree and was a finalist on the TV show \u201cSurvivor\u201d in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Vescovo and Hamish Harding rounded out the passenger manifest for the NS-21 mission.<\/p>\n<p>Vescovo is an equity investor and retired naval intelligence officer who has climbed the tallest mountains on all seven continents, and dived to Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the world\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n<p>Harding is chairman of Action Aviation, a business jet brokerage company he founded in 2004, and also a business jet pilot, according to Blue Origin. He holds several aviation world records.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57204\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57204\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ns21crew-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ns21crew-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ns21crew-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ns21crew-1-678x848.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ns21crew-1-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The passengers on Blue Origin\u2019s NS-21 mission, from left to right: Victor Correa Hespanha, Katya Echazarreta, Jaison Robinson, Hamish Harding, Evan Dick, and Victor Vescovo. Credit: Blue Origin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In preparation for Saturday morning\u2019s mission, Blue Origin rolled the New Shepard to the launch pad overnight and raised it vertical for final checkouts. The single-stage rocket stands about 60 feet, or 18 meters, tall and is powered by one BE-3 engine burning a mix of super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants.<\/p>\n<p>The launch team loaded the cryogenic propellants into the New Shepard booster early Saturday, while the six passengers finished preparations at a nearby facility the company calls \u201cAstronaut Village.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The passengers, who didn\u2019t wear spacesuits for their 10-minute ride to space, traveled to the launch pad and boarded the crew capsule on top of the New Shepard booster about 35 minutes before liftoff. The ground support team closed the hatch at about T-minus 24 minutes, then moved to a fallback position for launch.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket\u2019s BE-3 engine throttled up to full power, then clamps released to allow the New Shepard booster to begin a vertical climb away from its launch pad. The BE-3 produce about 110,000 pounds of thrust at full power, firing for about 2 minutes, 20 seconds, to propel the New Shepard and its six passengers toward space.<\/p>\n<p>After engine cutoff, the crew capsule separated from the booster to begin independent arcing trajectories, passing above the von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n line \u2014 the internationally recognized boundary of space \u2014 at an altitude of about 62 miles (100 kilometers) for a couple of minutes. That gave the passengers in the capsule time to unstrap from their seats and float around the pressurized cabin, enjoying expansive views through the largest windows ever flown in space.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1533080831744425987&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2022%2F06%2F04%2Fblue-origin-ns-21%2F&amp;sessionId=27754eafc2e6570c068b3786077c76c5f8daefb6&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1533080831744425987\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i178246958130653337=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Blue Origin\u2019s crew capsule \u201cRSS First Step\u201d has landed, returning to West Texas with Victor Correa Hespanha, Katya Echazarreta, Jaison Robinson, Hamish Harding, Evan Dick, and Victor Vescovo after their trip to suborbital space.https:\/\/t.co\/b77fvjryT7 pic.twitter.com\/DzLRvUav5p<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 4, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The crew capsule reached a top speed of 2,240 mph (3,604 kilometers per hour) and arced to an apogee, or high point, of 351,815 feet (107 kilometers) above sea level, Blue Origin said.<\/p>\n<p>The passengers returned to their seats before the spacecraft fell back into the thicker layers of the atmosphere, bracing for parachute deployment and touchdown on the desert floor a few miles from the launch site. The entire flight from liftoff to landing will lasted 10 minutes, 5 seconds, according to Blue Origin.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the reusable booster made its own precision descent back to Earth, nailing a propulsive vertical touchdown on a landing pad a few minutes before the capsule made its return. The flight marked the 21st launch of a New Shepard booster, and the seventh flight by this particular rocket.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Origin\u2019s NS-21 gets underway with launch of a New Shepard rocket from West Texas. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin\u2019s suborbital New Shepard rocket propelled six people to an altitude of more than 60 miles over West Texas Saturday, including the first Mexican-born woman to fly to space. 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