Ken Hess
Ken Hess is a technology entrepreneur and STEM nonprofit founder. That professional background preceded Hess' 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-25 launched on May 19, 2024 aboard New Shepard, with Hess 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. Ken Hess therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Hess' 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.