The trip marked the third suborbital human spaceflight for the Blue Origin New Shepard program since April 13, when an all-female crew that included singer Katy Perry, CBS News journalist Gayle King, and aviator Lauren Sanchez, who's now the wife of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos following their marriage Friday in Venice, Italy.

Blue Origin has now launched 13 passenger flights since the sub-orbital spacecraft carried Amazon and Blue Origin founder Bezos and three others aloft in July 2021. The company has now launched 74 passengers, including Bezos' wife Lauren Sánchez, and four who have flown twice.

New Shepard has now flown 70 people to space, including four who have flown twice, Blue Origin said. The first human flight on New Shepard, in July 2021, included Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and Blue Origin’s first paying customer, Oliver Daemen.