[2] RSS First Step is the third New Shepard capsule built by Blue Origin, and the first designed to carry passengers.
[3] The following flight, NS-15, which was also flown uncrewed by First Step and NS4, tested boarding and deboarding in what Blue Origin called an "astronaut operational exercise.
"[4] First Step flew Blue Origin's first crewed flight on 20 July 2021, carrying founder Jeff Bezos and three other passengers to space.
[5] This made Texas the fourth state to launch humans into space,[6] after Florida, California, and New Mexico.
As of November 2022, it has flown five subsequent crewed spaceflights, carrying a total of 31 people into space, including one (Evan Dick) twice.