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Meet the crew of Blue Origin's NS-33 tourism launch to the edge of space
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The next Blue Origin tourism mission is upon us, as the space company maintains a steady monthly pace of private suborbital launches.
NS-33 will be Blue Origin's 13th crewed launch to date, and the fifth New Shepard launch of 2025. The mission will carry six passengers to the edge of space, where they will experience several minutes of weightlessness before their capsule parachutes back down to terra firma.
The crew includes Allie and Carl Kuehner, Leland Larson, Freddie Rescigno, Jr., Owolabi Salis, and James Sitkin. Here's a bit of background on each of them.
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The NS-33 mission is scheduled to lift off from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas, on Saturday during a window that opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT). A livestream of the launch will be available on beginning 30 minutes before liftoff, as well as on Blue Origin's website.
