Blue Origin

This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.

Crossed Kármán Line

Dr. Laura Stiles is an aerospace engineer and senior manager at Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos. She earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics with a focus on aerospace systems from the University of Kansas, followed by a master’s degree and PhD in aerospace engineering sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder. At Blue Origin, she has worked in mechanical systems design, integrated vehicle testing, launch operations, and technical and program leadership, and she is part of the senior team for the New Shepard suborbital program where she also serves as CrewMember 7, supporting astronaut training and mission execution. In addition to her engineering and leadership work, she is known for mentoring early career engineers and is an accomplished skydiver and adventurer with national level competition experience and world records.

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Blue Origin launched a New Shepard crewed mission to suborbital space.

Named after the first American to reach space, Alan Shepard, the New Shepard rocket is powered by a single Blue Origin-developed engine for both launch and landing.

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