Vanessa O'Brien
Vanessa O'Brien is a mountaineer and explorer. That professional background preceded O'Brien's participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
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- Birthplace
- United Kingdom; United States
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 O'Brien 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. Vanessa O'Brien therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected O'Brien'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.