Nicolina Elrick
Nicolina Elrick is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and STEM advocate. That professional background preceded Elrick'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-26 launched on August 29, 2024 aboard New Shepard, with Elrick 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. Nicolina Elrick therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Elrick'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.