Oliver Daemen

Oliver Daemen
Born (2002-08-20) 20 August 2002 (age 22)
Oisterwijk, Netherlands
Known forBeing the youngest person to fly in space
Space career
Space Tourist
Flight time
10m 18s
SelectionBlue Origin 2021
MissionsNS-16

Oliver Daemen (born 20 August 2002[citation needed]) is a Dutch space tourist[1][2] who flew as part of the 20 July 2021, sub-orbital Blue Origin NS-16 spaceflight.[3][4][5] At the time of his flight he was 18 years old,[6] and became the youngest person, first teenager, and first person born in the 21st century to travel to space. He is a licensed pilot.[7]

  1. ^ Fisher, Kristin (10 December 2021). "First on CNN: The US gives Bezos, Branson and Shatner their astronaut wings". CNN. Retrieved 10 December 2021. The US government is making it official, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and William Shatner have earned the title of astronaut after their flights to the edge of space. The Federal Aviation Administration will also award Commercial Space Astronaut Wings to 12 other people who have flown at least 50 miles above Earth on a FAA licensed commercial spacecraft, including the crew of SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission. The FAA will award wings to eight people who flew on Blue Origin's New Shepherd spacecraft, three who flew on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, and to the four members of the SpaceX crew who spent three days in space in September.
  2. ^ "FAA Commercial Human Spaceflight Recognition". Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ "(Dutch) Oliver (18) uit Tilburg mag mee met Bezos, wordt jongste astronaut ooit (English) Oliver (18) from Tilburg is allowed to join Bezos, becomes youngest astronaut ever". RTL Nieuws. 15 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. ^ "De 18-jarige Oliver Daemen uit Tilburg wordt de jongste astronaut ooit en de vierde Nederlander in de ruimte". twitter. Bright TV (Netherlands) (nl). Retrieved 21 July 2021. Hij gaat mee met de ruimtereis van #BlueOrigin van #JeffBezos. Oliver is onderweg naar Texas, waar de lancering dinsdag plaatsvindt.
  5. ^ "Oliver Daemen is the youngest person to fly to space in Blue Origin spacecraft". Tech2. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "First Paying Customer on New Shepard Will Be the Youngest to Fly to Space". Blue Origin. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  7. ^ Hartman, Avery (20 July 2021). "Meet Oliver Daemen, the Dutch teenager who just flew on Jeff Bezos' spaceflight and became the youngest person ever to reach space". Business Insider. Retrieved 13 October 2021.