:Blue Origin NS-19

{{Short description|2021 American crewed sub-orbital spaceflight}}

{{Use American English|date=December 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Blue Origin NS-19

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size = 300px

| mission_type = Sub-orbital human spaceflight

| operator = Blue Origin

| mission_duration = {{time interval|December 11, 2021, 15:00:42|December 11, 2021, 15:10:55|show=hms|sep=,}}

| suborbital_apogee = {{cvt|107|km}}

| spacecraft = RSS First Step

| manufacturer = Blue Origin

| crew_size = 6

| crew_members = {{Unbulleted list|Laura Shepard Churchley|Michael Strahan|Dylan Taylor|Evan Dick|Lane Bess|Cameron Bess}}

| launch_date = {{ltime|December 11, 2021|15|00|42|CST|DMY|net=no}}

| launch_rocket = New Shepard (NS4)

| launch_site = Corn Ranch, LS-1

| launch_contractor = Blue Origin

| landing_date = {{ltime|December 11, 2021|15|10|55|CST|DMY|unlink=yes|net=no}}

| landing_site = Corn Ranch

| insignia = Blue Origin NS-19 logo.png

| insignia_caption = Blue Origin NS-19 mission patch

| insignia_size = 200px

| crew_photo =

| crew_photo_caption =

| crew_photo_size = 300px

| programme = New Shepard flights

| previous_mission = Blue Origin NS-18

| next_mission = Blue Origin NS-20

}}

Blue Origin NS-19 was a New Shepard sub-orbital spaceflight mission operated by Blue Origin that launched on 11 December 2021.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/us/michael-strahan-space-blue-origin.html|title=Michael Strahan to Join Next Blue Origin Space Flight|newspaper=The New York Times|date=23 November 2021 |access-date=3 December 2021|last1=Holpuch |first1=Amanda }} The flight was scheduled to launch on 9 December 2021,{{cite news|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/11/28/astronaut-alan-shepards-daughter-and-michael-strahan-named-to-spaceflight/ |title=Astronaut Alan Shepard's daughter and Michael Strahan named to spaceflight|first=William|last=Harwood|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=28 November 2021|access-date=9 December 2021}} later delayed to 11 December 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.space.com/blue-origin-michael-strahan-new-shepard-launch-explained|title=Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with GMA anchor Michael Strahan: When to watch and what to know|first=Elizabeth|last=Howell|publisher=Space.com|date=9 December 2021|access-date=9 December 2021}}

The mission patch of the flight also featured the initials of Glen de Vries who died in a plane crash a month after flying on Blue Origin's previous flight NS-18.{{cite news|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/12/ns-19/|title=Blue Origin to launch NS-19 with full passenger complement|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com

|date=11 December 2021|access-date=11 December 2021}} The passengers of NS-19 were the final recipients of the FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings,https://www.faa.gov/space/human_spaceflight/recognition an aviator wings-like badge created by the Federal Aviation Administration to encourage and draw attention to commercial space flight.