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Line 13: | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|06|18|1964|06|24|df=y}} | death_place = North Atlantic Ocean | death_cause = [[ | alma_mater = [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|MA]]) | known_for = Crew pilot for the record-breaking flight mission One More Orbit, July 2019 | spouse = Linda Harding | occupation = {{hlist|Businessman| | children = 2 }} Line 40: Harding flew to space as part of the suborbital [[Blue Origin NS-21]] mission, on 4 June 2022, on the fifth crewed spaceflight of the [[New Shepard]] rocket.<ref name="NASA">{{cite web |last=Davenport |first=Justin |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/06/ns-21-launch/ |title=Blue Origin launches NS-21 suborbital flight with six passengers |date=4 June 2022 |access-date=12 July 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928220458/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/06/ns-21-launch/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-adventurer-hamish-harding-rockets-to-space-on-blue-origin-flight|title=Watch: UAE adventurer in space on Blue Origin flight|website=Khaleej Times|access-date=27 June 2022|archive-date=27 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627083151/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-adventurer-hamish-harding-rockets-to-space-on-blue-origin-flight|url-status=live}}</ref> After travelling to space, he advocated for [[space tourists]] (paid recreational spaceflight passengers) to be called [[astronauts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/06/13/flat-earthers-should-get-a-first-class-ticket-for-blue-origin-says-uae-space-tourist/|title=Flat-Earthers should get a first-class ticket for Blue Origin, says UAE space tourist|first=Sarwat|last=Nasir|date=June 13, 2022|website=The National|access-date=28 June 2022|archive-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628042852/https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/06/13/flat-earthers-should-get-a-first-class-ticket-for-blue-origin-says-uae-space-tourist/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also advocated for the [[United Arab Emirates]] to expand its [[United Arab Emirates Space Agency|space programme]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-meet-the-expat-who-is-getting-ready-to-take-off-on-blue-origins-spaceflight|title=UAE: Meet the expat preparing to take off on Blue Origin's spaceflight|first=Nandini|last=Sircar|website=Khaleej Times|access-date=28 June 2022|archive-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628042308/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-meet-the-expat-who-is-getting-ready-to-take-off-on-blue-origins-spaceflight|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2022, Harding's company Action Aviation supplied a customised [[Boeing 747-400]] aircraft to transport eight wild cheetahs from Namibia to India to launch the [[Cheetah reintroduction in India|reintroduction of the cheetah to India]] project of the Indian Government and the [[Cheetah Conservation Fund|Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia (CCF)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/why-details-of-the-cheetahs-coming-to-india-are-crucial-for-success-of-the-introduction-programme-2000520-2022-09-15|title=Why details of the cheetahs coming to India are crucial for success of the introduction programme|website=India Today|date=15 September 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022|archive-date=28 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928063729/https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/why-details-of-the-cheetahs-coming-to-india-are-crucial-for-success-of-the-introduction-programme-2000520-2022-09-15|url-status=live}}</ref> Cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/17/world/cheetahs-india-namibia-reintroduction-scn-trnd/index.html |title=8 cheetahs arrive to India from Namibia as part of reintroduction project |date=17 September 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928063529/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/17/world/cheetahs-india-namibia-reintroduction-scn-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This conservation project was designated a "flagged expedition" by the [[The Explorers Club|Explorers Club]] with club members Harding and [[Laurie Marker]], founder of the CCF, carrying the flag on the flight to India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/in-customised-jumbo-jet-8-wild-cheetahs-from-namibia-are-coming-to-india-for-historic-translocation-5955481.html|title=In Jumbo Jet, 8 Wild Cheetahs from Namibia are Coming to India for Historic Translocation|website=News18|date=14 September 2022|access-date=21 June 2023|archive-date=22 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322094431/https://www.news18.com/news/india/in-customised-jumbo-jet-8-wild-cheetahs-from-namibia-are-coming-to-india-for-historic-translocation-5955481.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ==''Titan'' expedition and death== {{main|Titan submersible implosion|l1=''Titan'' submersible implosion}} Harding was On 22 June, two days before what would have been ==Personal life== | |||