Share with friends and circles of friends with wechat scanning QR code < / P > < p > on July 30, the private space company Blue origin, led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, plans to carry out the sixth manned space flight on August 4, Eastern time p>
it is reported that the manned space flight, code named NS-22, is scheduled to launch at 9:30 a.m. next Thursday. At that time, the new Shepard rocket launch system of blue origin will send six people to suborbital space and then return to the ground p>
this is also the 22nd launch of the blue origin new Shepard rocket. Among the six crew members participating in the flight, marcoferreira will become the first Portuguese to enter space, and Sara Sabry will also become the first Egyptian to enter space p>
in addition, according to the mission description of blue origin, crew member Vanessa O'Brien will become the first person ever to climb the world's highest peak, reach the deepest ocean, and cross the Carmen line into outer space p>
the other three passengers participating in this flight mission are Coby cotton, co-founder of YouTube's popular channel dude perfect, Clint Kelly III, a technology pioneer, and Steve Young, an executive in the telecommunications industry p>
neither cotton nor Sabri paid for the flight. They participated in the mission sponsored by moondao and space for humanity respectively p>
at present, it is not clear how much the ticket price of the new Shepard rocket is. In contrast, the ticket price of the Virgin Galactic spacecraft VSS unity, a competitor of blue origin in the sub orbital tourism field, is $450000, but it has not yet started full commercial operation p>
the new Shepard is a reusable rocket capsule combined launch system that allows passengers to see the earth in space and experience weightlessness for a few minutes. The new Shepard rocket will last about 11 minutes from launch to landing in the capsule. (Chenchen)