Mario Ferreira
Mario Ferreira is an entrepreneur and first portuguese person in space. That professional background preceded Ferreira's participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
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- Birthplace
- Portugal
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
NS-22 launched on August 4, 2022 aboard New Shepard, with Ferreira 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. Mario Ferreira therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Ferreira'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.