Blue Origin Space Tourism Launch: Meet The People Paying To Go To Space

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This week, Blue Origin is set to launch its ninth crewed spaceflight, NS-28, adding six more people to the growing list of private citizens who've experienced the edge of space.

Scheduled for Friday, November 22, the New Shepard rocket-capsule system will lift off from the company's West Texas spaceport during a launch window starting at 10:30 a.m. EST.

The mission represents the 28th flight in the New Shepard program's history, and the roster of passengers is a mix of science communicators, entrepeneurs and philanthropists.

Emily Calandrelli is a name synonymous with science communication. An MIT-educated engineer and Emmy-nominated TV host, she's perhaps best known to her millions of fans as @TheSpaceGal.

Emily's career has been dedicated to making STEM accessible, particularly for young girls. As the host of Netflix 's Emily's Wonder Lab and the long-running science show Xploration Outer Space , she works to inspire young minds to embrace science.

"This Friday I'll become the 100th woman to fly to space. Honored to be a bookend to this beautiful milestone," Calandrelli said in a post on X (formerly Twitter ).

Her organization has reached nearly 900,000 students worldwide through projects like essay contests and science experiments sent to the International Space Station.

This will be Hagle's second trip to space with Blue Origin⁘she previously flew with her husband, Marc, on NS-20 in 2022, becoming the first married couple to launch on a commercial spacecraft.