- Who
- New Shepard NS-20
- What
- 9:57 minute(s):second(s)
- Where
- United States (Van Horn)
- When
The shortest crewed spaceflight was New Shepard NS-20, a sub-orbital mission carried out by American rocket company Blue Origin on 31 March 2022. The rocket took off from Blue Origin's launch facility in Van Horn, Texas, USA, at 08:57 a.m. local time (13:57 UTC) and all components of the rocket (booster and capsule) returned to Earth by 09:08. The total elapsed time between take-off and capsule touchdown was 9 minutes 57 seconds.
