Mission type | Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight |
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Operator | Blue Origin |
Mission duration | 10 minutes, 13 seconds |
Apogee | 107 km (66 mi) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | RSS First Step |
Manufacturer | Blue Origin |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members |
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Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 December 2021, 15:00:42 UTC |
Rocket | New Shepard (NS4) |
Launch site | Corn Ranch, LS-1 |
Contractor | Blue Origin |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 11 December 2021, 15:10:55 UTC |
Landing site | Corn Ranch |
Blue Origin NS-19 mission patch |
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.