8:20 am EDT (12:20 UTC) Live coverage begins.
9:20 am EDT (13:20 UTC) Launch scheduled.
Launch site: Blue Origin's West Texas Suborbital Launch Facility
Destination: Approx. 104 km straight up and straight down
Blue Origin's 5th crewed suborbital spaceflight will carry 6 paying customers to space. Crew members will include Evan Dick on his 2nd flight aboard New Shepard; Katya Echazarreta who will become the first Mexican-born woman and the youngest American woman to fly to space; Hamish Harding, Jaison Robinson, Victor Vescovo, and Brazilian Victor Correa Hespanha. Delayed from May 20 due to "one of New Shepard’s back-up systems not meeting expectations for performance". Delayed from May 31.
New Shepard specs
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New Shepard was the world's first rocket to land propulsively after having been to space (past the Karman Line). They beat SpaceX's Falcon 9 by 1 month, back in 2015. New Shepard's capsule is designed to accommodate up to 7 people, and it has the largest windows which have ever flown in space. In July 2021, Jeff Bezos and 3 other passengers rode the first crewed New Shepard flight to an altitude of 107 km (66 mi).
Height: 18 m (59 ft)
Diameter: 7 m (23.9 ft)
Type: Suborbital (straight up, straight down)
Max altitude: 389,846 feet (73.8 mi; 119 km)
Stages: 1
Engines: 1x Blue Origin BE-3
Thrust: 490 kN (110,000 lbf)
Burn time: 110 seconds
Fuel: LH2 / LOX (liquid hydrogen / liquid oxygen)
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