Victor Vescovo

Victor Vescovo

Blue Origin

Nationality American

Date Of Birth

Status Occasional Spaceflight

Type Private


Astronaut Biography

Victor is a co-founder of private equity investment firm Insight Equity. He has completed the “Explorer’s Grand Slam,” which includes summiting the world’s seven summits and skiing to the North and South Poles. In 2020, he became the first person to repeatedly dive to the deepest point in the ocean, Challenger Deep (now twelve times). He is the first person to visit the deepest point in the world’s five oceans and executed the deepest wreck dive in history. Victor is a commercially-rated multi-engine jet and helicopter pilot, as well as a certified submersible test pilot. He holds degrees from Stanford, MIT, and Harvard Business School, and served 20 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer, retiring as a Commander (O-5).

Victor Vescovo's Launches

New Shepard | NS-21

Blue Origin
Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
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