The names of the next six people who will fly to space were revealed by Blue Origin.
The first Egyptian and Portuguese astronauts are among the passengers for the NS-22 mission.
The timing of the flight for this group will be announced soon. The crew announcement came almost exactly a year after the company's first crewed flight, which included founder Jeff Bezos and member of Mercury 13
Jeff Bezos was the first New Shepard passenger.
In the past, Blue Origin has not disclosed how much the passengers pay. While most people pay their way to New Shepard, a few get sponsorship.
The last launch on June 4 was for a person sponsored by the nonprofit Space For Humanity, which flies people to space for free after an application process.
There are six people on the plane.
Sara's name is Sara.
The founder of the Deep Space Initiative will be the first Egyptian to fly to space, according to Blue Origin. She was Egypt's first analog astronaut in 2021, having completed a two week simulation of a moon mission. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in biomedical engineering from the American University in Cairo. The seat is sponsored by Space for humanity.
Mrio.
Mrio will be the first person from Portugal to go into space. He is the President of the Pluris Investments Group. Blue Origin said the group includes 40 companies in sectors such as tourism, media, real estate, renewable energy and insurance. scuba diving, running the London Marathon and participating in a car rally are some of the activities that Ferreira has participated in.
The person isVanessa O'Brien.
O'Brien is attempting to become the first woman to complete the Explorers' extreme trio of reaching space, which includes summiting Mount Everest and exploring the deepest part of our planet. O'Brien will be the second person to complete the three challenges after Victor Viscovo. O'Brien was in senior management of financial institutions such as Morgan Stanley and the Bank of America.
Clint KellyIII is the son of Clint Kelly.
Clint Kelly founded the Autonomous Land Vehicle project while he was at the DARPA. He was in charge of research and technology programs. Kelly and his wife have traveled all over the world to take pictures of animals.
A man named Steve Young.
Young's Communications was a telecommunications contracting business run by Steve Young. The Pineapples restaurant is owned by Young, who is also a committee member of the Space Coast CoastalConservation Association.
Coby Cotton is related to Coby Cotton.
According to Blue Origin, the most-subscribed sports channel on the service is the channel co-created by Coby Cotton. Cotton's seat was sponsored by Moon DAO. The mission of the Collective is to decentralize access to space research and exploration.
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