Elaine’s Interview with Fox32 Chicago
March 3, 2025 1:58pm EST Watch Elaine’s interview with Fox32 Chicago about her Blue Origin space launch.
L+4 Invincibility
March 01, 2025 9:37am EST Day four and I’m experiencing a post-flight symptom of invincibility. I must be Superman and I must be invincible. How I haven’t tricked my brain into feeling this way prior to the space flight, I don’t know. How amazing it is to walk through life on a high like this. I’m […]
L+3 Processing Journey to Space
February 28, 2025 2:46pm EST Third day post flight. I delivered presentations to three primary classes at a local school who watched my flight during their school day. “Cool!” the kids exclaimed. I could get used to my new gig as a space ambassador, one who was actually flung into space, took a look around and […]
Group shots of New Shepard’s NS-30 crew, known as ‘A Perfect 10’
February 27, 2025 4:15pm EST Blue Origin’s crew for the NS-30 Mission came up with the name ‘A Perfect 10’ to represent being its tenth human spaceflight.
L+2 Adjusting to normal
February 27, 2025 3:16pm EST Second day post space. Interview with Chicago-based media today as well as work calls and an appearance at a preschool. A little 4-year-old girl with long brown hair really wanted to take her photo with me and hold my hand. We stood with her class under a big shady tree and […]
L+1 Departure Day from Van Horn
February 26, 2025 2:15pm EST Finally, I slept a solid 7 hours. Free from the stress and anticipation of going to space, being followed by cameras, training, getting it right, and being a good team player. I met with the geniuses who built and tested the rocket and mission control and was able to recount to them what […]
See Elaine’s official Blue Origin headshot and the rocket booster landing
February 26, 2025 11:16am EST Photo Credit: Blue Origin
L-0 Launch Day
February 25, 2025 12:20pm EST Of course, I didn’t sleep a wink. I was ready before I had to be. Cameras were scanning waiting for me to emerge from the Airstream. The countdown clock at the training center was counting down for my crew – A Perfect 10. It was UNREAL! Faster than a speeding […]
Watch the Blue Origin Launch
February 25, 2025 9:30am EST Click here to watch the Mission NS-30 launch.
New Shepard’s crewed NS-30 mission is GO for launch from Launch Site One tomorrow
February 24, 2025 1:15pm EST For mission updates, visit the Blue Origin website. Photo Credit: Blue Origin