Space For Humanity

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Space For Humanity
Company typeNon-profit
Industry
Founded2017
HeadquartersDenver, Colorado, United States of America
Key people
WebsiteSpaceForHumanity.org

Space For Humanity, also known as S4H, is a non-profit organization with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 2017 by Dylan Taylor,[1] Space for Humanity is organizing a sponsored Citizen Astronaut Program, where leaders can apply for an opportunity to go to space and experience the "Overview effect," a cognitive shift that occurs in many people after viewing the Earth from space.

History

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Space For Humanity was launched at Space Frontier's NewSpace 2017[2] conference with a stated mission to "send 10,000 diverse humans to space within the next ten years and so doing change human perception, democratize space, and improve the state of the World."[3]

Alliance Network

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Space for Humanity’s Alliance Network is a collective of advisors, ambassadors, partners, and their Inclusion Council that have come together to advance the Space for Humanity mission.

Partnerships

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Space for Humanity has a partnership with stratospheric balloon company, The Space Perspective.[4]

Other Partnerships/Organizations include:

  • We the Future
  • New York Space Alliance
  • BOSPlanet
  • LifeShip
  • SGAC
  • SEDS
  • Conrad Challenge

Citizen Astronaut Program and Selection

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Space for Humanity launched its Sponsored Citizen Astronaut Program to send citizens of diverse racial, economic, and disciplinary backgrounds into space on Humanity-1. S4H opened the application for those from any walk of life to apply for an opportunity to go to space. They began accepting applications for their first program in 2019.

Since its inception, Space for Humanity has sent two individuals above the Karman Line with Blue Origin while moving to fulfill its mission, to inspire leaders with a new perspective from the Overview Effect to bring back to the world.

Selected Persons
Name Country Profession Date Flown
Katya Echazarreta Mexico Engineer, Science Communicator June 2022
Sara Sabry Egypt Engineer, Entrepreneur August 2022

Awards and recognition

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  • Voted among the Top 10 companies at NewSpace People (2017)[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE" Space Angels. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  2. ^ "SPACE FRONTIER FOUNDATION HOSTS NEWSPACE 2017: NEXT-GENERATION SPACE CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO" Space Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  3. ^ "Space for Humanity wants to send you to space" ROOM - The Space Journal. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ "Space for Humanity seeks 10,000 citizen astronauts" SpaceNews. Retrieved 2018-02-07.