{"id":17362,"date":"2022-07-30T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T09:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/its-a-date-blue-origin-gets-set-to-launch-space-crew-that-will-mark-milestone-for-portugal-and-egypt\/"},"modified":"2022-07-30T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T09:29:15","slug":"its-a-date-blue-origin-gets-set-to-launch-space-crew-that-will-mark-milestone-for-portugal-and-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/its-a-date-blue-origin-gets-set-to-launch-space-crew-that-will-mark-milestone-for-portugal-and-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a date: Blue Origin gets set to launch space crew that will mark milestone for Portugal and Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full-width\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/220722-ns22crew-630x483.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-711785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/220722-ns22crew-630x483.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/220722-ns22crew-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/220722-ns22crew.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption>Blue Origin reveals its latest crew list, with launch set for Aug. 4. (Blue Origin Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture says it\u2019s aiming to launch its next suborbital space mission on Aug. 4, sending up a six-person crew that includes the first Egyptian and Portuguese spacefliers.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff is due to take place at Blue Origin\u2019s Launch Site One in West Texas, during a launch window that opens at 8:30 a.m. CT (6:30 a.m. PT) next Thursday. The countdown, launch and landing will be webcast via Blue Origin\u2019s website starting at T-minus-30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Technical issues or weather concerns could force launch delays. Keep tabs on Blue Origin\u2019s Twitter account for updates. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Previously:<\/strong> Blue Origin still has some final-frontier firsts up its sleeve: The company says its next crewed suborbital flight will send up the first spacefliers to hail from Egypt and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>The crew for Blue Origin\u2019s sixth crewed mission \u2014 which is known as NS-22 because it\u2019s the 22nd flight overall, including uncrewed flights \u2014 will also include a co-founder of the Dude Perfect sports\/entertainment video venture, a British-American mountaineer, a driverless-car pioneer and a former telecom executive.<\/p>\n<p>The July 22 announcement of NS-22\u2019s lineup came a year and two days after Blue Origin\u2019s first-ever crewed flight, which sent Bezos and three others beyond the 100-kilometer Karman Line. That altitude marks the internationally accepted boundary of outer space.<\/p>\n<p>The flight plan for NS-22 follows the model set by past missions: The crew will lift off from Blue Origin\u2019s Launch Site One in West Texas aboard a reusable New Shepard rocket ship, and experience a few minutes of weightlessness before descending to a parachute-aided landing amid the rangeland surrounding the launch site.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin hasn\u2019t said how much its customers are paying to fly, but one report suggests that the fare for one of the crew members is in the range of $1.25 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Shepard Human Flight History\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cPBttVl1isc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Here\u2019s a quick rundown on the lineup, in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coby Cotton<\/strong> is one of Dude Perfect\u2019s five co-founders. His seat is sponsored by MoonDAO, a crypto-centric collective that aims to decentralize access to space research and exploration. Members voted to have Cotton represent them on this flight. MoonDAO is said to have transferred $2.575 million in cryptocurrency to pay for two New Shepard seats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mario Ferreira<\/strong> is a Portuguese entrepreneur, investor and president of Pluris Investments, a business group that includes more than 40 companies involved in tourism, media, real estate, insurance and renewable energy. Several Portuguese citizens are in the running to join the European Space Agency\u2019s astronaut corps, but Blue Origin says Ferreira would be the first person from Portugal to cross into the space frontier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vanessa O\u2019Brien<\/strong> is a British-American explorer and a former banking executive. Blue Origin says her flight to space would make her the first woman to complete the \u201cExplorers\u2019 Extreme Trifecta,\u201d which also includes an Everest climb and a dive to the Challenger Deep. (Private-equity investor Victor Vescovo finished the Trifecta with a New Shepard spaceflight in June.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clint Kelly III<\/strong> started the Autonomous Land Vehicle Project in 1984 while working at the Pentagon\u2019s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, and is credited with starting the development of the technology base leading to today\u2019s driverless cars.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ANNOUNCING OUR SECOND CITIZEN ASTRONAUT: SARA SABRY\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8mTbMvjb2kE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Sara Sabry<\/strong> is an Egyptian mechanical and biomedical engineer, and the founder of Deep Space Initiative, a nonprofit group that aims to increase accessibility for space research. She became Egypt\u2019s first female analog astronaut in 2021 after completing a simulated moon mission in Poland. Sabry is the second citizen spaceflier to be sponsored by Space for Humanity, a nonprofit group that paid for Mexican native Katya Echazarreta\u2019s trip on New Shepard in June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Young<\/strong> is the former CEO of Young\u2019s Communications LLC (Y-COM), which was the largest telecommunications contractor in the state of Florida under his leadership. Y-COM was acquired by Grain Management last year. Young is also the owner of Pineapples, a restaurant in Melbourne on Florida\u2019s Space Coast.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is an updated version of a report that was first published at 7 p.m. July 22.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Origin reveals its latest crew list, with launch set for Aug. 4. (Blue Origin Photo) Update: Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture says it\u2019s aiming to launch its next suborbital space mission on Aug. 4, sending up a six-person crew that includes the first Egyptian and Portuguese spacefliers. 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