EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Blue Origin announced that its next human flight is scheduled to lift off on Friday, Nov. 22 from its Launch Site One, which is about 25 miles north of Van Horn.
The launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time on Friday. The webcast on BlueOrigin.com will start at T-30 minutes.
This mission will be the ninth human flight for the New Shepard program and the 28th overall in its history. To date, the program has flown 43 people above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.
Additionally, Blue Origin released the NS-28 mission patch. A few of the symbols embedded include:
The color pink and the girl in the signature pink overalls represents Emily Calandrelli, who will be on the flight. She is an MIT engineer, Emmy-nominated TV host and best-selling author
The centerline in the “2” represents Sharon and Marc Hagle’s second flight on New Shepard.
The stars represent Austin Litteral’s vision for people among the stars.
The people at the bottom represents J.D. Russell’s hope for generations of people expanding their understanding of the world.
The wolf in the crew capsule’s window represents Hank Wolfond. All of these people will be on the flight.
You can find out more about the crew on this flight by clicking here.
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