What is Blue Origin NS-16?
'''NS-16''' was a [[sub-orbital spaceflight]] mission operated by [[Blue Origin]] which flew on 20 July 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/20/22582735/blue-origin-jeff-bezos-space-launch-landing|title=Blue Origin successfully sends Jeff Bezos and three others to space and back|work=[[The Verge]]|date=20 July 2021 |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> The mission was the sixteenth flight of the company's [[New Shepard]] [[spacecraft]], and its first crewed flight. It carried into space American [[billionaire]] and Blue Origin founder [[Jeff Bezos]], his brother [[Mark Bezos|Mark]], pilot and [[Mercury 13]] candidate [[Wally Funk]] and Dutch passenger Oliver Daemen. The flight began from Blue Origin's sub-orbital launch site in [[West Texas]].<ref name=sn20210720/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burghardt |first=Thomas |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/01/blue-origin-test-upgrades-ns-14/|title=Blue Origin tests New Shepard capsule upgrades on NS-14 mission |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]] |date=14 January 2021 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Marcia |url=https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/dress-rehearsal-puts-blue-origin-closer-to-human-spaceflight/ |title=Dress Rehearsal Puts Blue Origin Closer to Human Spaceflight |work=Space Policy Online |date=14 April 2021 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> NS-16 was the first human spaceflight from the U.S. state of [[Texas]]. On this flight Daemen and Funk, who were respectively 18 and 82 years old, became the youngest and oldest people to travel to space.<ref name=sn20210720>{{cite news |url=https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-launches-bezos-on-first-crewed-new-shepard-flight/ |title=Blue Origin launches Bezos on first crewed New Shepard flight |last=Foust|first=Jeff |work=[[SpaceNews]] |date=20 July 2021 |access-date=20 Jul 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Etherington|first=Darrell |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/15/blue-origins-final-passenger-for-its-first-human-spaceflight-will-be-18-year-old-oliver-daemen/?guccounter=1&