Blue Origin slated for next human flight this weekend
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Space technology company Blue Origin announced that its next human flight is scheduled for this weekend.
The next New Shepard crewed flight is scheduled to lift off from Launch Site One, the company's facility outside of Van Horn in Hudspeth Cpounty.
The launch window opens at 7:30 a.m. Mountain Time on Saturday, May 31.
The webcast at BlueOrigin.com will start at T-30 minutes.
To date, the New Shepard program has flown 58 humans and more than 175 scientific payloads above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space, the company said.
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