You can watch the live launch of six more people by Blue Origin.
The New Shepard is scheduled to lift off at 9 a.m. The company's launch site is 25 miles from the town of Van Horn. Blue Origin gives you the option of watching it live at Space.com or via the company's website. At 8 a.m., the webcast will begin. The sun goes down at 1200GMT.
New Shepard has a rocket and capsule that can be used again and again. The capsule makes a parachute-aided touchdown after the rocket comes down.
More: Live updates from Blue Origin's NS-21 launch
When to watch and what to know
The New Shepard missions take about 11 minutes to complete. A few minutes before the capsule does, the rocket lands. The passengers on the automated vehicle are able to see Earth against the blackness of space.
The 21st flight for New Shepard will take place on Saturday. It will be the fifth flight to carry people, following crewed suborbital missions in July, October and December of 2021.
The first Mexican-born woman to reach space and the youngest American woman to do so will be one of the crew members. Evan Dick is poised to be the first repeat New Shepard crew member. In December, Dick flew on the new ship.
Echazarreta's seat is sponsored by a group that wants to expand our access to space. The crewmate of the NS-21 was subsidized by the space agency. The other four passengers paid their own way.
Blue Origin has not said how much it cost. Virgin Galactic is currently charging $450,000 for a seat on its space plane, which is not fully operational yet.
Blue Origin pushed the liftoff back after discovering a potential issue with one of New Shepard's backups. The company did not give any information about the problem or solution.
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