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Topic: Blue Origin New Shepard: Mission 19 (NS-19)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 47570 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-23-2021 06:38 AM
collectSPACE Blue Origin to fly first astronaut's daughter, GMA host on New Shepard spaceflightSixty years after watching her father launch on the first American spaceflight, Laura Shepard Churchley is ready to follow in his footsteps. The eldest daughter of the late Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, Churchley has been confirmed to fly on Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle as a member of its third human spaceflight and first six-person crew. Scheduled to take flight from the company's West Texas launch site on Dec. 9, the NS-19 mission will also include former professional football player and "Good Morning America" (GMA) anchor Michael Strahan, who will become the first Black person to launch aboard a suborbital spaceflight. The NS-19 crew, including four additional paying passengers — Dylan Taylor, Evan Dick and Lane and Cameron Bass — was announced by Blue Origin on Tuesday (Nov. 23). |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 47570 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-11-2021 09:40 AM
collectSPACE Shepard vs New Shepard: How astronaut daughter's Blue Origin launch stacks upLaura Shepard Churchley is now the 372nd American to fly into space. Her dad was the first. Separated by 60 years, 7 months and 6 days, Churchley followed in her father's footsteps — and suborbital flight trajectory — by launching on board Blue Origin's New Shepard on Saturday (Dec. 11). The rocket, named after Alan Shepard, the United States' first astronaut to fly into space (and Churchley's dad), completed its 19th successful spaceflight and first to carry a full crew of six people. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 47570 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-17-2021 10:00 AM
collectSPACE Post-flight interview: Astronaut's daughter reflects on her own launch on Blue OriginLaura Shepard Churchley does not think of herself as being an astronaut, despite her recent flight into space. The eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, America's first astronaut to fly into space, Churchley followed in her father's footsteps — and trajectory — lifting off on Dec. 11 aboard the New Shepard, Blue Origin's suborbital launch vehicle named after her dad. The 10-minute flight established Churchley as the 605th person (and 372nd American) to soar above Earth, but she did so without needing the months- or years-long preparation her father and his fellow astronauts had to undergo. | |
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