Blue Origin sends 6-person flight into space
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Blue Origin launched its seventh human flight Sunday morning.
The New Shepard’s NS-25 mission began at Launch Site One in West Texas at around 10 a.m. EDT
According to the Blue Origin website, this was the 25th launch in the New Shepard program’s history.
The rocket will be crewed Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, and former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight.
Dwight was once chosen by President John F. Kennedy to be America’s first Black astronaut candidate but did not get to go to space. However, that changed with Sunday’s launch.
Blue Origin allows people to book their flights on the New Shepard flights online. The shuttles head past the Karman Line, the international boundary of airspace around the Earth, and allow passengers to view the Earth in zero gravity.
Afterward, the rockets head back down.
You can watch the stream in the plater above.
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