Blue Origin Targets Friday for Next Space Tourism Mission

It would mark the company’s ninth human spaceflight with its New Shepard rocket, which has flown 43 paying customers and guests to the edge of space.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 03:52 PM ET

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Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will fly six passengers to the edge of space as soon as Friday morning. [Courtesy: Blue Origin]

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Blue Origin announced its NS-28 space tourism mission, set to launch as early as Friday with a six-person crew including the company's first repeat customers and "Space Gal" Emily Calandrelli.
The mission, Blue Origin's ninth human spaceflight, uses the reusable New Shepard rocket to carry passengers to the edge of space for an 11-minute experience that includes moments of zero gravity.
NS-28 continues Blue Origin's rebound in 2024, as the New Shepard program was grounded for all of 2023 but resumed crewed flights in May and has now completed multiple space tourism missions.

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Blue Origin on Monday announced that its latest space tourism mission, NS-28, will launch as early as Friday morning. Among the six-person crew are husband-and-wife pair Sharon and Marc Hagle—the company’s first repeat customers—and “Space Gal” Emily Calandrelli, the Emmy-nominated host of space-themed television and web series like Xploration Outer Space.

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