Laura Stiles
Laura Stiles is a Blue Origin launch-operations director. That professional background preceded Stiles' participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
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- Died
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- Birthplace
- United States
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
NS-38 launched on January 22, 2026 aboard New Shepard, with Stiles serving as Mission 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 Stiles therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Stiles' 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.