Pete Davidson will travel to the edge of space next week on the next Blue Origin spaceflight, the company said on Monday.
Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, said on Monday that it would launch its fourth flight with human passengers on March 23. Mr. Davidson will be one of six passengers on the New Shepard rocket.
One of the richest people in the world, Mr. Bezos, was a passenger on the first flight of the company. Virgin Galactic took its founder, Richard Branson, to the edge of space and back.
Mr. Davidson joined the cast of SNL in 2004. He could not immediately be reached for comment on Monday.
A Blue Origin spokeswoman said that Mr. Davidson would fly as an "Honorary guest" while the other five passengers were paying customers. The spokeswoman didn't say how much the others had been charged.
Mr. Davidson is going to travel to the edge of space with Blue Origin.
William Shatner, 90, became the oldest person to travel to space and cross the K&R line in October. The New Shepard rocket was shared by Mr. Shatner and three other passengers.
The co-host of Good Morning America joined a Blue Origin flight in December.
The flight carrying Mr. Davidson is scheduled to take off from the West Texas launch site on March 23.
Blue Origin said on Monday that Mr. Davidson will be one of five passengers on the flight.
Mr. Allen was the chief executive of Party America. Mr. Hagle is the president and chief executive of Tricor International. SpaceKids Global was founded by Ms. Hagle. Mr. Kitchen is a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The president of Commercial Space Technologies is Dr. Nield. He was an associate administrator for commercial space transportation at the Federal Aviation Administration.
Kenneth Chang was involved in reporting.
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