Clint Kelly III

American - (BO)

Occasional Spaceflight

Clint managed research and technology programs focused primarily on computer science and robotics while in government and in industry. In 1984, he started the Autonomous Land Vehicle project while at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contributing to the development of the technology used in driverless cars.

Spaceflight Record

Clint Kelly III flew on two previous launch(es).

New Shepard | NS-22

Blue Origin | United States of America
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Aug. 4, 2022, 1:56 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

NS-22 is the sixth crewed New Shepard flight, carrying six passengers.

Suborbital NS-4 - Flight Proven ( ) Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas

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New Shepard | NS-36

Blue Origin | United States of America
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Oct. 8, 2025, 1:40 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

NS-36 is the 15th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 36th in the New Shepard program's history.

Suborbital NS-4 - Flight Proven ( ) Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas

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CEO: Jeff Bezos

Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 23 hours ago

Starlink Group 17-48

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 10B

Success

3 days, 22 hours ago

Demo Flight

Commercial LC-2 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

First launch of the Long March 10B rocket and first ever successful rocket booster recovery of a Chinese launch vehicle. Payloads on board is TBD.

Falcon 9

Success

4 days, 17 hours ago

Starlink Group 10-42

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

6 days, 19 hours ago

Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Long March 8A

Success

1 week, 1 day ago

SpaceSail Polar Group #14

Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

20 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…