Lionel Pitchford

British - (BO)

Occasional Spaceflight

Englishman who has spent four decades in Spain working as a teacher, translator, and tour guide as a means to travel the world. In 1992, following a plane crash with his sister and her family onboard, Lionel founded a nonprofit in Nepal dedicated to serving disadvantaged children and girls. He’s also run an orphanage in Kathmandu for over 30 years.

Spaceflight Record

Lionel Pitchford flew on one previous launch(es).

New Shepard | NS-34

Blue Origin | United States of America
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Aug. 3, 2025, 12:42 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

NS-34 is the 14th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 34th in its history.

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.

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

20 hours, 36 minutes ago

Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

This is the 24th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 23rd flight to the International Space Station under the Com…

Smart Dragon 3

Success

20 hours, 46 minutes ago

SatNet test satellite

South China Sea (launch location 3) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite". Probable 1 (?) test satellite for the Chinese state-owned LEO commun…

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 3 hours ago

Starlink Group 17-21

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 6A

Success

3 days, 12 hours ago

SatNet LEO Group 21

Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

A batch of 5 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…

Long March 8

Success

4 days, 18 hours ago

SpaceSail Polar Group 07

Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…