Blue Origin NS-22 was a

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mission, operated by

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, which launched on August 4, 2022, using the

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

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Passengers

The passengers of NS-22 were nicknamed "Titanium Feather". They included Sara Sabry, who became the first Egyptian person and first Arab woman in space, and

Mário Ferreira Mário Nuno dos Santos Ferreira (born 1968) is a Portuguese businessman and entrepreneur.. He is the chairman of Media Capital, a major Portuguese media company with holdings including CNN Portugal. In March 2024, he acquired a 4.6% stake in Sava ...

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

Coby Cotton Dude Perfect (DP) is an American sports and comedy group and YouTube channel headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The group consists of Tyler "The Beard" Toney, "The Twins" Cory and Coby Cotton, Garrett "The Purple Hoser" Hilbert, and Cody "The Tall ...

, one of the co-founders of American

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channel Dude Perfect. Cotton's flight was sponsored by MoonDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization. The passengers also included American British explorer

Vanessa O'Brien Vanessa Audi Rhys O'Brien is a British and American mountaineer, sub-orbital spaceflight participant, explorer, and former business executive. On 12 June 2020, O'Brien became the first woman to reach Earth's highest and lowest points. She is a F ...

, 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

Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...

, and flying into outer space.

References

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