Next New Shepard Crew To Include Pioneering Astronaut’s Daughter

NS-19 crew from top left, Lane Bess, Cameron Bess, Evan Dick and lower from left, Dylan Taylor, Laura Shepard Churchley and Michael Strahan
Credit: Blue Origin
CAPE CANAVERAL—The eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, the first American to venture into space, will fly on the Blue Origin suborbital spacecraft named after her father, the company said on Nov. 23. Laura Shepard Churchley will join Good Morning America co-host Michael Strahan and four paying...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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