Blue Origin NS-22
2022 American crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
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Blue Origin NS-22 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, which launched on August 4, 2022, using the New Shepard rocket. It was Blue Origin's sixth flight to carry passengers and the twenty-second overall to go into space.[1]
| Mission type | Sub-orbital human spaceflight |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 10 minutes, 20 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 | August 4, 2022, 8:56:07 am CDT (13:56:07 UTC) |
| Rocket | New Shepard (NS4) |
| Launch site | Corn Ranch, LS-1 |
| Contractor | Blue Origin |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | August 4, 2022, 9:06:27 am CDT (14:06:27 UTC) |
| Landing site | Corn Ranch |
Blue Origin NS-22 mission patch | |
Passengers
The passengers of NS-22 were nicknamed "Titanium Feather".[2] They included Sara Sabry, who became the first Egyptian person and first Arab woman in space, and Mário Ferreira, who became the first Portuguese person in space. Also onboard was Coby Cotton, one of the co-founders of American YouTube channel Dude Perfect. Cotton's flight was sponsored by MoonDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization.[3][4]
The passengers also included American British explorer Vanessa O'Brien, who became the first woman to complete the Explorers' Extreme Trifecta, which involves travelling to the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the summit of Mount Everest, and flying into outer space.[5]
| Position | Passenger | |
|---|---|---|
| Tourist |   Sara SabryFirst spaceflight | |
| Tourist |  Mário FerreiraFirst spaceflight | |
| Tourist |  Clint Kelly IIIFirst spaceflight | |
| Tourist | Coby Cotton First spaceflight | |
| Tourist | Steve Young First spaceflight | |
| Tourist |  Vanessa O'BrienFirst spaceflight | |