Blue Origin Completes Eighth Human Spaceflight

Mark Carreau August 29, 2024

NS-26 astronauts (left to right) Ephraim Rabin, Nicolina Elrick, Dr. Eiman Jahangir, Karsen Kitchen, Rob Ferl, and Eugene Grin.

Credit: New Origin
HOUSTON—Blue Origin’s six-person New Shepard (NS) suborbital mission landed smoothly under parachute on Aug. 29 with the first NASA-funded science researcher and the youngest woman to cross the boundary into space. The 10-min, 10-sec. flight from the company’s East Texas launch site near Van Horn...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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