Blue Origin astronaut Glen de Vries has died in a single-engine airplane crash, police reported Friday.
De Vries, 49, was killed Thursday when a Cessna C172 went down near Lake Kemah, New Jersey, according to New Jersey State Police.
Blue Origin Astronaut Killed in Small Airplane Crash
Blue Origin astronaut Glen de Vries has died in a single-engine airplane crash, police reported Friday. De Vries, 49, was killed Thursday when a Cessna C172 went down near Lake Kemah, New Jersey.
Key Takeaways:
- Blue Origin astronaut Glen de Vries, 49, died in a single-engine airplane crash near Lake Kemah, New Jersey, on Thursday.
- The crash also killed Thomas P. Fischer, 54, a flight instructor and owner of Fischer Aviation, who was aboard the Cessna C172.
- De Vries had recently flown to space with William Shatner in October and was an instrument-rated private pilot and a prominent figure in life sciences as a co-founder of Medidata Solutions.
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