Glen de Vries
Glen de Vries is a medidata co-founder and entrepreneur. That professional background preceded Vries' participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
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Flights
1
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In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
NS-18 launched on October 13, 2021 aboard New Shepard, with Vries serving as Astronaut.
New Shepard launches vertically from West Texas, carries its autonomous crew above the atmosphere, and returns the capsule under parachutes while the lands separately under power. Glen de Vries therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Vries' professional experience with direct work aboard a crewed spacecraft and a completed flight assignment. The flight converted that professional background into direct experience of launch, weightlessness, Earth viewing, , and recovery.