Blue Origin successfully completed its tenth human spaceflight and the 30th flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Lane Bess, Jesús Calleja, Elaine Chia Hyde, Dr. Richard Scott, Tushar Shah, and an undisclosed sixth crew member. Lane flew for the second time, the fourth New Shepard customer to do so. Including today’s crew, New Shepard has now flown 52 people into space, including repeat astronauts.
“There’s nothing like seeing the diversity among our crews, and this mission brought together people from all over the world — scientists, doctors, entrepreneurs, and adventurers,” said Phil Joyce, Senior Vice President, New Shepard. “It’s always inspiring to hear their unique perspectives about the life-changing impact of seeing Earth from space. Huge thanks to our customers for supporting our mission to build a road to space for the benefit of Earth.”
The six crew members on the flight named themselves “Perfect 10,” duly named as all went well at launch and booster touch down in the Texas desert around seven minutes after liftoff. Additionally, the flight’s capsule returned to the ground three minutes after that, and all three parachutes on the capsule deployed during the crew’s descent. Referring to the perfect mission launch commentator Eddie Seyffert said during Blue Origin’s livestream. “Well, that makes perfect sense to me, considering the fact that this is, in fact, our 10th human flight.”