After delaying the planned launch from May 20th due to problems with the backup system, Blue origin finally ready to send New Shepards on its next journey to the edge of space. Mission NS-21 was New Shepard’s 21st flight and 5th with passengers on board. Happening today at 9 a.m. ET, and you can watch it live below. The stream will start an hour before launch.
The passenger including electrical engineer and former NASA test lead Katya Echazarreta, who will become the first woman of Mexican descent and the youngest American woman in space. She is on the trip as part of the Citizen Astronaut Program sponsored by Space for Humanity.
Meanwhile, civil production engineer Victor Correa Hespanha will become the second Brazilian in space. The other passengers were business jet pilot Hamish Harding, Insight Equity co-founder Victor Vescovo, Dream Variation Ventures co-founder Jaison Robinson and former investor Evan Dick. NS-19 mission in December.
Blue Origin’s first crewed flight took place last July, with founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, and at the time, the youngest and oldest people traveling on The Kármán . line on the train. William Shatner became the oldest person to reach space on the second crewed mission. The next flights have already taken place in December and Steps are.
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