Blue Origin New Shepard Mission NS-30: Apogee

Blue Origin New Shepard Mission NS-30: Apogee

On February 25, 2025, Blue Origin successfully completed its tenth human spaceflight and the 30th flight for the New Shepard program. Leave gravity behind! The astronaut crew included: Lane Bess, Jesús Calleja, Elaine Chia Hyde, Dr. Richard Scott, Tushar Shah, and an undisclosed sixth crew member. Lane flew for the second time, the fourth New Shepard customer to do so. Including today’s crew, New Shepard has now flown 52 people into space, including repeat astronauts.

Australian-American Elaine Chia Hyde is the first Singapore-born person to travel to space. Media company Chicago Star founder Elaine Chia Hyde was born in Singapore and grew up in Australia. She is now an entrepreneur, physicist, pilot and astronaut. According to the Chicago Star, Mrs Hyde was first captivated by the idea of space exploration when she was 10 years old.

Apogee: This is the most distant point (ap-) on an elliptical orbit around Earth (-gee). The word is derived from the Greek "apogaion" meaning "away from the Earth". Earth in Greek is "gaia/ge".

“There’s nothing like seeing the diversity among our crews, and this mission brought together people from all over the world—scientists, doctors, entrepreneurs, and adventurers,” said Phil Joyce, Senior Vice President, New Shepard. “It’s always inspiring to hear their unique perspectives about the life-changing impact of seeing Earth from space. Huge thanks to our customers for supporting our mission to build a road to space for the benefit of Earth.”   

Watch the full mission replay here:

https://www.blueorigin.com/missions/ns-30

Video Credit: Blue Origin
Duration: 1 minute
Release Date: Feb. 25, 2025

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