NS-21
NS-21
Launch Date
June 4, 2022
Craft
New Shepard
Status
Past
Crew
6
NS-21
NS-21
Launch Date
June 4, 2022
Craft
New Shepard
Status
Past
Crew
6
Overview
Blue Origin launched its 5th crewed suborbital mission. The NS-21 marks the first time a New Shepard passenger flew for a second time and ferried the first Mexican-born and youngest woman to fly to space as well as the second Brazilian to travel to space.
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.