Blue Origin The fifth six-person space tourism flight was completed.

Blue Origin The fifth six-person space tourism flight was completed.

Blue Origin The fifth six-person space tourism flight was completed. This mission is the 2 1 mission of blue origin and the fifth manned flight of the new Sheppard orbiter. The mission was originally scheduled to be launched on May 20th, completing the fifth six-person space tourism flight of Blue Origin.

Blue Origin completed the fifth six-person space tourism flight 1 Blue Origin Company now has five manned space flights. On June 4th, local time, Jeff Bezos' company sent six people into suborbital space, thus completing its fifth manned space mission. In addition, several milestone achievements have been made in this process. At 9: 25 a.m. EDT, the operation began when the new Shepard plane of blue origin lifted off from the launch site 1.

10 minutes later, when the space capsule and its six passengers landed under the parachute, the mission was over, and it set off a wisp of desert dust when landing. During the flight, the crew reached an altitude of 347,538 feet (65,438+006 kilometers) above the ground.

The new Shepard consists of a rocket and a space capsule, both of which can be reused. The booster will land and land vertically shortly before the capsule lands-just like the first stage of space exploration technology company Falcon 9 orbital rocket.

This flight is the blue origin, and it is also the 2 1 flight of the new Shepard, which explains the name of the mission: NS-2 1. It is reported that this is the company's second manned flight this year, after the NS-20 was launched and landed on March 3 1 day.

The other three manned new Sheppard flights took place in July last year, 65438+ 10 and 65438+February respectively. Engineer and investor Evan Dick was one of the crew members of flight NS- 19 in February. Now he is flying NS-2 1 again, becoming the first passenger to take the new Shepard repeatedly.

Before the flight, the crew of NS-20 left a message for the capsule communicator and asked it to be read to the crew. In addition, the Apollo astronaut who flew in Apollo 16 50 years ago and the space capsule correspondent Charlie Duck in Apollo 1 1 sat in the mission control center before the flight, wishing the crew of NS-2 1 success.

In addition, he added: "I know you will have an exciting adventure, just like I did 50 years ago." Have a nice trip and I look forward to seeing you when you come back. Wish you all the best. "

The first of several other NS-2 1 s was provided by crew member Katya Echazarreta, a 26-year-old science communicator who became the first Mexican-born woman in history and the youngest American woman.

Echazarreta's seat is sponsored by the non-profit organization Space For Humanity, which aims to expand our chances of going into space. She is the first space "citizen astronaut" to reach the last frontier.

The other four passengers on NS-2 1 were civil production engineer Victor Correa Hespanha, who became the second Brazilian to reach space. Victor Correa Hespanha, the finalist of the TV program Survivor: Samoa in 2009, later co-founded a company called Dream Variations Ventures.

Victor Vescovo, a successful explorer, co-founded the private equity investment company Insight Equity；; Hamish Harding, the chairman of Action Aviation, a commercial aircraft brokerage company, is also an explorer and adventurer, and has many aviation world records.

Like Echazarreta, Correa Hespanha flew with other people's money, and his seat was sponsored by Crypto Space Agency. The other four passengers on NS-2 1 paid their own money, but they didn't know how much to pay. The origin of blue did not disclose their fares.

Virgin Galactic of richard branson, the company's main competitor in suborbital space tourism, currently charges $450,000 for the seat of its VSS Unity space plane. So far, VSS Unity has flown into space four times, but has not yet carried paying customers. Virgin Galactic started a comprehensive commercial passenger transport business with this aircraft in early 2023.

NS-2 1 was supposed to be launched on May 20th, but Blue Origin delayed the launch to investigate the possible problems in a backup system of New Shepard.

The fifth six-person space tourism flight with blue origin was completed at 9: 25 on June 4, US Eastern Time. The new Sheppard orbiter with blue origin took off in West Texas with six space tourists and carried out the fifth manned mission NS-2 1. At 9: 35, with the help of the parachute, the crew cabin landed safely and raised dust; The booster of the plane landed early about 3 minutes ago. The whole flight process of the new Shepard orbiter lasted about 10 minute, the maximum ascending speed was 3604km/h, and the height of the crew cabin reached about 107km.

Boost circuit

The new Shepard orbiter consists of a rocket booster and a crew module, both of which can be reused. The booster vertically launches the crew cabin to about 100 km above the earth, and then returns to the ground by itself. The crew cabin enters a weightless state for a few minutes, and then returns to the ground under the parachute buffer. The whole process lasts about 10 minute. The origin of blue indicates on social media that the BE3 engine is driven by clean burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, and the by-product in the flight process is water vapor.

Crew cabin landing

This mission is the 2 1 mission of blue origin and the fifth manned flight of the new Sheppard orbiter. The NS-2 1 mission was originally scheduled to be launched on May 20, but it was postponed two days before the launch because a backup system of the aircraft failed to meet performance expectations.

This flight is the second manned flight of the new Shepard orbiter this year. In 20021year, blue origin sent 14 people to Carmen line through three flights. In February of this year, Bob Smith, CEO of Blue Origin, said that he expected to "double easily" this year.

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The six passengers in this mission are investor, Evan Dick, passenger of NS- 19 sub-track, Katya Echazarreta, an electrical engineer and former test director of NASA, and Hamish Harding, a pilot of business jet.

Victor Correa Hespanha, a 28-year-old civil engineer, Jaison Robinson, an adventurer who founded a commercial real estate company, and Victor Vescovo, co-founder of a private equity firm.

Among them, Evan Dick is a "repeat customer" of the new Sheppard orbiter. He took part in the new Sheppard NS- 19 suborbital travel mission last June. This mission is his second flight on the new Shepard. He once said that in the NS- 19 mission, it felt like living at the bottom of the sea for a lifetime before climbing out of the sea.

Katia Echa Saretta was the first Mexican woman to fly into space. 20 19 received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from UCLA. After graduation, she worked in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA for nearly four years, and is currently studying for a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Hamish Harding is the chairman of Action Aviation, a business jet brokerage company, and also a business jet pilot. In 20 19, he and Terry Virts, former commander of the International Space Station, set a new record for the fastest round-the-world flight in Gulfstream G650ER. He went to the South Pole twice. In 202 1 year, he and Victor Viskovo dived 36,000 feet (about 10973 meters) in a double submersible.

In addition, Victor Correa Haitz Pania is the second Brazilian to fly into space. He was sponsored to buy NFT (heterogeneous token) and got a seat on this flight.

The blue origin of the fifth six-person space tourism flight completed the blue origin of Bezos. Today (June 4th), six people were successfully sent into suborbital space and completed their fifth manned space mission, which achieved several milestone achievements. For example, Katya Echazarreta, a 26-year-old science missionary, became the first woman born in Mexico and the youngest American woman ever to reach space.

Blue originated at around 9: 25 a.m. Eastern Time (2 1 25 Beijing time). Its New Shepard aircraft lifted off from the facility launch site in West Texas, returned to the ground after 10 minutes, and raised dust on the ground when landing.

▲ The blue origin flight NS-2 1 was launched on June 4th, 2022. (Source: Blue Origin)

Today's mission is the blue origin and the new Shepard's 2 1 flight, which is also the origin of the mission name NS-2 1. This is the company's second manned mission this year after NS-20 on March 3 1 March.

According to reports, the crew of NS-2 1 mission includes a number of rich people and professionals, namely:

Investor Evan Dick, who has already taken flight NS- 19.

Katya Echazarreta, an electrical engineer and former head of NASA's testing company, said.

Commercial pilot hamish Harding.

Victor Correa Hespanha, a 28-year-old civil engineer.

Jaison Robinson, co-founder of commercial real estate company.

Victor Vescovo, co-founder of Insight Equity, a private equity firm.

Katya Echazarreta will be the first Mexican woman to fly into space and the youngest American female astronaut, and she will also shoulder the citizen astronaut program of "Space for Humanity". In addition, Victor Correa Hespanha will become the second Brazilian to fly into space.

Victor Viskovo Victor is not only a rich man who dares to explore, but also a commercial multi-engine jet and helicopter pilot and a certified submersible test pilot. He holds degrees from Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Business School, and served as an intelligence officer in the US Navy Reserve for 20 years. He retired as a commander (O-5).

He accomplished the achievements of "Explorer's Grand Slam", including climbing to the top of the seven highest mountains in the world and skiing in the North and South poles. In 2020, he also became the first person to dive into the deepest part of the ocean many times (now it is 12 times). He was the first person to visit the deepest part of the five oceans and completed the deepest shipwreck diving in history (diving in the sunken waters).

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