Sylvain Chiron
Sylvain Chiron is an entrepreneur and pilot. That professional background preceded Chiron's participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
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- Birthplace
- France
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
NS-25 launched on May 19, 2024 aboard New Shepard, with Chiron 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. Sylvain Chiron therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Chiron'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.