Entrepreneur and executive Glen de Vries, who was part of the second team to visit space with Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin, was killed in a plane crash in New Jersey. Vries was 49 years old.
De Vries, along with flight instructor Thomas Fischer, died after a single-engine Cessna 172 crashed near Lake Kemah, the New Jersey Herald said.
“We are devastated to hear of Glen de Vries’ sudden death. He has colored and energized the lives of the entire Blue Origin team and other teammates. His passion for aviation, his philanthropic work and dedication to his craft will long be respected and appreciated,” Blue Origin said in a statement. said.
De Vries embarked on a short space journey on the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket on October 13, along with famous science fiction actress William Shatner, Planet Labs co-founder Chris Boshuizen, and Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations Audrey Powers.
“I’ve spent my entire career extending people’s lives. But with the limited materials and energy on Earth, expanding our access to space can help humanity continue to thrive,” De Vries said before the mission. De Vries’ career has focused on developing software that aids medical research.
“I had that heightened sense of time in my mind during the countdown,” de Vries said after the Blue Origin flight.
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