Blue Origin NS-22 was a

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mission, operated by

Blue Origin Blue Origin, LLC is an American private spaceflight, privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Am ...

, which launched on 4 August 2022 using the

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rocket. It was Blue Origin's sixth crewed flight and the twenty-second overall to go into

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Crew

The NS-22 crew was nicknamed "Titanium Feather". The crew of six included Sara Sabry, who became the first Egyptian person in space, and

Mário Ferreira Mário Nuno dos Santos Ferreira (born 1968) is a Portuguese businessman and entrepreneur in the tourism, hotel, real estate and photography sectors, among others.. On 4 August 2022 at 8:57 (GMT-5), as part of the Blue Origin NS-22 mission, Mário ...

, who became the first Portuguese person in space. Also onboard was

Coby Cotton Dude Perfect (DP) is an American sports and comedy group headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The group consists of Tyler "TT" Toney, twins Cory and Coby Cotton, Garrett "Purple Hoser" Hilbert, and Cody "Tall Guy" Jones, all of whom are former colleg ...

, one of the co-founders of American

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channel

Dude Perfect Dude Perfect (DP) is an American sports and comedy group headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The group consists of Tyler "TT" Toney, twins Cory and Coby Cotton, Garrett "Purple Hoser" Hilbert, and Cody "Tall Guy" Jones, all of whom are former colleg ...

. Cotton's flight was sponsored by MoonDAO, a

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company. The crew also included

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explorer

Vanessa O'Brien Vanessa Audi Rhys O'Brien (born 2 December 1964) is a British and American mountaineer, sub-orbital spaceflight participant, explorer, author and former business executive. On 4 August 2022, O'Brien became the first woman to complete the Explore ...

, who became the first woman to complete the Explorers' Extreme Trifecta, which involves travelling to the bottom of the

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, the summit of

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, and flying into

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References

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