Liftoff is at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT) on March 31, 2022.
Today's mission will mark Blue Origin's first crewed flight of 2022 and the company's fourth crewed flight overall since it began launching passengers to space in July 2021. That first Blue Origin carried the company's founder Jeff Bezos, among others. Bezos will likely be on hand for today's launch as he has driven past crews to the launch pad himself.the chief architect of the New Shepard system, a reusable rocket-capsule combo.
Gary Lai and George Nield are flying on this mission as guests of Blue Origin, while the other crewmembers are paying passengers. Blue Origin has not disclosed what each of the paying passengers have paid for a flight on New Shepard, or what a single seat costs. The NS-20 crew has spent the last two days training for today's flight. Here are some photos from the training.Blue Origin's NS-20 crew visits their New Shepard rocket and capsule during preflight training.Image 3 of 6
The crew of Blue Origin's NS-20 stand on the launch pad gantry while training for their March 31, 2022 spaceflight.Image 5 of 6 Four of Blue Origin's NS-20 passengers listen during a training briefing for their March 31, 2022 launch. Gary Lai was added late to the mission and is chief architect of the New Shepard rocket.Gary Lai, Blue Origin's chief architect of the reusable New Shepard system, listens intently during a training session to fly on the rocket he envisioned.
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