Blue Origin NS-26

Blue Origin NS-26 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, launched on August 29, 2024, using the New Shepard rocket.

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The flight's passengers included NASA-funded scientist Rob Ferl who is a professor at the University of Florida. During the flight, he performed experiments studying the change of gene expression in one type of plant when the plant was exposed to microgravity and other different phases of flight. Professor Ferl was the first NASA-funded researcher flying aboard New Shepard. His flight and experiments were funded by NASA's Flight Opportunities program.
Nicolina Elrick is an entrepreneur. She is a British citizen from Scotland and also a permanent resident of Singapore, and intends to become a Singapore citizen.
Eiman Jahangir's flight was sponsored by the cryptocurrency spaceflight accelerator organization MoonDAO. Before and after his flight he participated in two science research studies: Vanderbilt’s Clonal Hematopoiesis and Inflammation in the Vasculature registry and biorepository, and the Space Omics and Medical Atlas study at Cornell University.
Karsen Kitchen became the youngest woman and youngest American to cross the Kármán line at 21 years old. Keisha [Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers|Anastatia Mayers] was at the time the youngest woman to fly to space and remained so after Karsen Kitchen's flight.