Lionel Pitchford
Lionel Pitchford is a teacher, translator, and guide. That professional background preceded Pitchford's participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- United Kingdom
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
NS-34 launched on August 3, 2025 aboard New Shepard, with Pitchford 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. Lionel Pitchford therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Pitchford'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.