Blue Origin will shortly be launching its ninth space tourism flight, carrying six private crew members on a 10-minute flight where they will experience weightlessness before coming back in to land.
The crew includes science communicator Emily Calandrelli, also known as The Space Gal, who was educated at MIT and who has hosted science show on Netflix and YouTube.
You can follow along with the launch of Calandrelli and the five other crew members live on YouTube here, with the flight beginning shortly:
According to Blue Origin, “The crew includes: Emily Calandrelli, Sharon Hagle, Marc Hagle, Austin Litteral, James (J.D.) Russell, and Henry (Hank) Wolfond. Sharon and Marc Hagle are both flying on New Shepard for the second time.
This mission will be the ninth human flight for the New Shepard program and the 28th in its history. To date, the program has flown 43 humans above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.”
Blue Origin also shared the patch image for the flight, writing about it that:
“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.
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.”
