After two years without manned releasesBlue Origin seems to have come back with everything. The company of Jeff Bezos This Saturday (21) launches the NS-33 mission, which will take six spatial tourists aboard the New Shepard rocket. The launch window starts at 9:30 am (Brasília time).
As the name suggests, this is the 33rd official release of the New Shepard and the fourth manned this year. This count also includes shipping missions useful loads to the company’s rocket.
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How to watch the release?
The launch is scheduled for 9:30 am (Brasília time), from the Launch Site One, the company’s space center in western Texas. Live broadcast starts 30 minutes before, in website from Blue Origin, in Youtube and in X (old twitter)with information and comments.
How are Blue Origin’s tourist flights?
Blue Origin tourist flights are subsued (do not reach sufficient speed to enter the orbit of the earth) and last approximately 11 minutes. The capsule separates from the rocket right after takeoff and crosses the Karm line, considered the space limit, 100 km in altitude. Then he returns in free fall and lands with the aid of parachutes in the desert.
For about four minutes, passengers experience the feeling of weight and spill the land from above. Many describe this experience as a transformative, providing a new perspective on the planet and its fragility in the universe.
Know the crew
The NS-33 mission will bring six tourists to space. Check out the biography of each of them, officially disclosed by Blue Origin:
Allie Kuehner
Environmentalist and conservationist, Allie is part of the Council of Nature is nonpartisanpromoting environmental solutions. Adventurer, she believes that exploring nature strengthens her protection.
Carl Kuehner
President of Building and Land Technology (BLT), leads sustainable real estate projects. Kuehner is a defender of conservation, combining development with ecological responsibility.
Leland Larson
Philanthropist and former CEA of transport companies, founded Larson Legacy. Larson was also a teacher and is a veteran, besides being in love with gardening and the Tibetan culture.
Freddie Rescigno, Jr.
Businessman and golfer, he founded the commodity cables. Interested in archeology and space, Rescigno shares with his children the love for golf and Italy.
Owolabi Salis
LAWYER AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK Equitocracydefends a democracy with equity. Activist, Salis fights discrimination and rights violations.
Jim Sitkin
Retired lawyer, acted in labor causes. Sitkin is volunteer in NGOs, has traveled through all continents and always dreamed of going to space.
