Glen de Vries

American - (BO)

Deceased

Date of Birth: June 29, 1972
Date of Death: Nov. 11, 2021

Glen de Vries is the co-founder and co-CEO of Medidata. Killed in a plane crash in New Jersey.

Spaceflight Record

Glen de Vries flew on one previous launch(es).

New Shepard | NS-18

Blue Origin | United States of America
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Oct. 13, 2021, 2:49 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

NS-18 is the second crewed New Shepard flight, carrying 4 paying customers.

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.

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