Coby Cotton
Coby Cotton is one of the five cofounders of Dude Perfect, the sports-entertainment group known for trick-shot and comedy videos. He created the channel in 2009 with college roommates Garrett Hilbert, Tyler Toney, Cody Jones, and his brother Cory Cotton. Blue Origin's NS-22 announcement described Dude Perfect as one of YouTube's largest sports channels at the time of the flight.
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Flights
1
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In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
Cotton's seat was sponsored by MoonDAO after its members voted for him to represent the organization. He launched from West Texas aboard New Shepard mission NS-22 on August 4, 2022. The carried six people above the Kármán line before returning by parachute, while its reusable landed separately.
The NS-22 patch depicted the crew capsule as a basketball in recognition of Dude Perfect's trick-shot work. Cotton's one completed suborbital spaceflight also represented a community-selected route to a commercial seat through MoonDAO.