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Blue Origin NS-19
Blue Origin NS-19 was a crewed New Shepard sub-orbital spaceflight mission operated by Blue Origin that launched on 11 December 2021.[1] The flight was scheduled to launch on 9 December 2021,[2] later delayed to 11 December 2021.[3] The mission patch of the flight also featured the initials of Glen de Vries who died in a plane crash a month after flying on Blue Origin's previous crewed flight NS-18.[4] The NS-19 crew were the final recipients of the FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings,[5] an aviator wings-like badge created by the Federal Aviation Administration to encourage and draw attention to commercial space flight. CrewThe NS-19 crew was nicknamed the "Original Six".[6] The crew of six included Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of the first U.S. astronaut in space, as well the namesake for the New Shepard spaceflight program, Alan Shepard, and Michael Strahan, a Hall of Fame former New York Giants defensive end, as well as a co-anchor of Good Morning America and analyst for Fox NFL Sunday; both as guests of Blue Origin. Paying passengers included executive Dylan Taylor, investor Evan Dick, Bess Ventures founder Lane Bess and his child, Cameron. The latter became the first parent and child on the same spaceflight.[2][7] Cameron Bess became the youngest American at age 23 (Until Karsen Kitchen on NS-26 at age 21 on August 29, 2024.) first to go with a parent, first openly furry, and first openly pansexual[8] to fly to space.[9]
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