Inside Blue Origin's Latest Space Trip
Mark Pavlyukovskyy and Hendrik Remigereau host TechMates, the NZVC podcast. The guest on this episode is Mark Rocket, CEO of Kea Aerospace, and it went out on 4 June 2025.
Mark Rocket flew on Blue Origin's NS-32 mission and became the first New Zealander to experience suborbital spaceflight. In this shorter episode he describes training, launch day, weightlessness, and looking back at Earth. The conversation also touches on founding Rocket Lab and leading Kea Aerospace's stratospheric drone work.
- Becoming New Zealand's first space traveler.
- Blue Origin NS-32 mission insights.
- Spaceflight training and safety protocols.
- Viewing Earth from space and the emotional impact.
Blue Origin, Kea Aerospace, Rocket Lab, suborbital spaceflight, aerospace