Blue Origin NS-16 crewed flight
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Blue Origin NS-16 crewed flight was the first human spaceflight mission of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket, carrying Jeff Bezos and other passengers to the edge of space on July 20, 2021.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
New Shepard mission
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crewed suborbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| apogeeAltitudeKilometers | approximately 106 ⓘ |
| booster | New Shepard booster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capsule | RSS First Step NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capsuleLandingType | parachute-assisted landing ⓘ |
| commander | Jeff Bezos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfLaunch | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Jeff Bezos
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Mark Bezos NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Daemen NERFINISHED ⓘ Wally Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewNationality |
Netherlands
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 4 ⓘ |
| crossedKarmanLine | true ⓘ |
| durationMinutes | approximately 10 ⓘ |
| firstHumanSpaceflightOf |
Blue Origin
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New Shepard system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Blue Origin NS-18 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingSite | near Launch Site One, Texas ⓘ |
| landingSuccess | true ⓘ |
| landingType | vertical powered landing for booster ⓘ |
| launchConfiguration | reusable booster with crew capsule ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2021-07-20 ⓘ |
| launchDateTimeUTC | 2021-07-20T13:12:00Z ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Blue Origin Launch Site One
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Corn Ranch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSiteLocation | near Van Horn, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| launchSuccess | true ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | New Shepard rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
demonstration flight
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suborbital spaceflight ⓘ tourist spaceflight ⓘ |
| notableAs |
Jeff Bezos’s first spaceflight
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Oliver Daemen becoming the youngest person to reach space at the time ⓘ Wally Funk becoming the oldest person to reach space at the time ⓘ first crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ⓘ |
| operator | Blue Origin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passengerCount | 4 ⓘ |
| precededBy | uncrewed New Shepard test flights ⓘ |
| program | New Shepard program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
commercial space tourism demonstration
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validation of crewed operations for New Shepard ⓘ |
| rocketFamily | New Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraft | New Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceLine | Blue Origin space tourism service ⓘ |
| suborbital | true ⓘ |
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flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20
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Flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20