However, the flight was delayed due to a back-up system not meeting the "expectations for performance,"[4] and the new 4 June launch date was announced on 31 May 2022.

[6] The crew of six included Evan Dick, who previously flew on Blue Origin NS-19, making him the first person to fly on New Shepard twice.

[7] The flight made Vescovo the first person to complete the Explorers' Extreme Trifecta, which requires travelling to the bottom of the Challenger Deep and the summit of Mount Everest and flying to space.

[8] Echazarreta's seat was sponsored by the Space For Humanity initiative, and paid for by Blue Origin and NS-19 passengers Lane and Cameron Bess.

She is a post-graduate student at Johns Hopkins University who has done work on the Mars 2020 and Europa Clipper missions.