Lauren Sanchez
Lauren Sanchez is a journalist, author, pilot, and philanthropist. That professional background preceded Sanchez's participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
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Flights
1
Spacewalks
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In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
NS-31 launched on April 14, 2025 aboard New Shepard, with Sanchez 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. Lauren Sanchez therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Sanchez'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.