Lauren Sánchez

American - (BO)

Occasional Spaceflight

Date of Birth: Sept. 19, 1969
Age: 56

Lauren Wendy Sánchez is an American journalist, author and philanthropist who gained fame as an entertainment reporter and news anchor. She is a licensed pilot and founder of Black Ops Aviation. In 2023, she became engaged to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Spaceflight Record

Lauren Sánchez flew on one previous launch(es).

New Shepard | NS-31

Blue Origin | United States of America
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
April 14, 2025, 1:30 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

NS-31 is the 11th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 31st in its history.

Suborbital NS-5 - 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

H3-22

Failure

1 day, 1 hour ago

Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 - Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve o…

Electron

Success

1 day, 21 hours ago

The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.

New Shepard

Success

2 days, 13 hours ago

NS-37

West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

NS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th in the New Shepard program's history.

Long March 5

Success

2 days, 15 hours ago

TJSW-23

101 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.

Electron

Success

4 days, 22 hours ago

Don't Be Such A Square (STP-S30)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

STP-S30 is a complex mission that will deliver research experiments and technology demonstrations to orbit for the DoD and contribute to future space…