Jim Hendren
Jim Hendren is a retired u.s. That professional background preceded Hendren's participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
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Flights
1
Spacewalks
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EVA time
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In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
NS-38 launched on January 22, 2026 aboard New Shepard, with Hendren 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. Jim Hendren therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Hendren's 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.