On May 31, the company Blue Origin carried out a new launch of the suborbital spacecraft New Shepard. There were six people on board.
The NS-32 mission followed a standard scenario. New Shepard was launched from LSO Spaceport in Texas. It had six people on board:
- Aymette (Amy) Medina Jorge, a teacher from Texas whose flight was sponsored by Mexican healthcare company Farmacias Similares;
- Gretchen Green, a doctor and entrepreneur;
- Jaime Alemán, a Panamanian lawyer who once served as that country’s ambassador to the United States;
- Jesse Williams, a Canadian entrepreneur and adventurer;
- Mark Rocket, a New Zealand businessman who was an early investor in and, for a time, co-director of Rocket Lab;
- Paul Jeris, a real estate developer.
After separation, the New Shepard booster made a successful engine-powered landing at the spaceport. The capsule with six tourists continued to gain altitude, reaching a maximum altitude of 105 km. This is above the Kármán line (100 km), officially accepted as outer space. The capsule then made a parachute descent. In total, the entire flight lasted 10 minutes and 7 seconds.
This was the fourth New Shepard flight this year, three of which were manned and the fourth with payloads in conditions that simulate lunar gravity. Blue Origin did not disclose the number of flights planned for this year. In total, New Shepard has carried 64 tourists into space during its lifetime.
Recall that during the previous flight, New Shepard had an all-female crew aboard, including singer Katy Perry.
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