May 2, 2024

Post-flight interview: Astronaut’s daughter reflects on her own launch on Blue Origin

I could not believe I understood what was going to occur prior to it occurred. I took as big a breath as I might and I held it, due to the fact that I understood it was only going to be like that for 30 seconds.cS: Just like your daddys launch on Freedom 7, your liftoff experienced a weather condition delay. And then we shot off, and everybody was completely content since we knew what was going to happen.cS: You discussed being “as cool a cucumber” on the day of the launch. He had talked to us throughout the 2 years of his training and I understood NASA was going to bring him house securely, so there was nothing for me to fret about.Blue Origins New Shepard rocket raises off from Launch Site One in West Texas with Laura Shepard Churchley and five crewmates on Dec. 11, 2021. It was fine.But then we could not sense if we were going up or we were going down.

I took as huge a breath as I could and I held it, since I knew it was just going to be like that for 30 seconds.cS: Just like your daddys launch on Freedom 7, your liftoff experienced a weather delay. He had talked to us throughout the two years of his training and I understood NASA was going to bring him house securely, so there was nothing for me to stress about.Blue Origins New Shepard rocket raises off from Launch Site One in West Texas with Laura Shepard Churchley and five crewmates on Dec. 11, 2021. It was fine.But then we couldnt sense if we were going up or we were going down.