Laura Shepard Churchley
Laura Shepard Churchley is an astronaut scholarship foundation trustee. That professional background preceded Churchley's 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-19 launched on December 11, 2021 aboard New Shepard, with Churchley 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. Laura Shepard Churchley therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Churchley'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.