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BLUE ORIGIN NS-20 SPACEFLIGHT, Mar 31, 2022, West Texas, 9:20 am ET
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Update, March 28: The flight has been postponed again, due to high winds. It is now scheduled for March 31 at 9:20 am ET (8:20 am local time) with the webcast beginning an hour earlier (8:20 am ET).
Update, March 21: Blue Origin announced that its own Gary Lai will replace Davidson on the flight. Lai is New Shepard’s Chief Architect.
On March 29, #NewShepard Chief Architect Gary Lai will fly on the vehicle he’s spent 18 years designing, developing, testing, and flying. We can’t wait for Gary—a friend, mentor, and hero to all of us—to become Astronaut Gary Lai. Learn more: https://t.co/6HLHQOlf1I #NS20 pic.twitter.com/r8wze2u4y7
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) March 21, 2022
So the passenger list is:
- George Nield, President, Commercial Spaceflight Associates, LLC (former FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation)
- Gary Lai, Blue Origin
- Marty Allen, turnaround CEO and angel investor
- Sharon and Marc Hagel (Sharon is founder SpacekidsGlobal, Marc is CEO of Tricor International)
- Jim Kitchen, teacher, entrepreneur, and world explorer
Update, March 17: The launch date has slipped to March 29 and Pete Davidson can’t make it. Blue Origin will announce a replacement in coming days.
Original Entry: Blue Origin will launch the next passenger flight of its New Shepard rocket, NS-20, on March 23, 2022 from its launch facility near Van Horn in West Texas. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:30 am Central Time (9:30 am ET) and will be broadcast live on the company’s website beginning 60 minutes before launch. [It is common for these launches to be delayed by days, hours or minutes due to weather or other issues.]
- George Nield, President, Commercial Spaceflight Associates, LLC (former FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation)
Pete Davidson, comedian, Saturday Night Live- Marty Allen, turnaround CEO and angel investor
- Sharon and Marc Hagel (Sharon is founder SpacekidsGlobal, Marc is CEO of Tricor International)
- Jim Kitchen, teacher, entrepreneur, and world explorer