Katya Echazarreta
Katya Echazarreta is an electrical engineer and science educator. That professional background preceded Echazarreta's participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
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- Birthplace
- Mexico
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
NS-21 launched on June 4, 2022 aboard New Shepard, with Echazarreta 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. Katya Echazarreta therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Echazarreta'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.