Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launched six passengers aboard the company’s New Shepard capsule for its eight crewed spaceflight on Thursday. Among the passengers were a NASA-sponsored researcher and the youngest woman to ever fly in space, embarking on a sub-orbital journey beyond the lower atmosphere.
rocket is set to send another six people to space, including a science show host, two returning travelers, two philanthropists and an online prize winner., known by the moniker “Space Gal,” will be among the six people scheduled for blast off this Friday from Blue Origin s’ West Texas spaceport aboard the New Shepard-28 mission, the company’s ninth trip to space.
Calandrelli, who also hosts shows on Netflix and YouTube, has begun documenting her upcoming trip to space, with the excited astronaut compiling a flash drive filled with a list of dreams from her followers to take to space, raising more than $9,700 for children’s charities in the process.are set to return to space after taking off on a previous Blue Origins trip in 2022, becoming the first married couple to fly on a commercial space vehicle.
Russell, of Tucson, Arizona, founded the Victoria Russell Foundation, a nonprofit named after his late daughter dedicated to supporting children’s education and families of first responders. Austin, a father-of-two who always dreamed of being an astronaut, won his spot through a giveaway from Whatnot, a livestream shopping platform, which promised one of its viewers a trip to space.
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