Watch Blue Origin launch ‘Space Gal’ Emily Calandrelli, 5 others on tourism flight today

On November 25, 2024By Littum

Update: Blue Origin’s NS-28 mission was successfully launched at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT or 9:30 a.m. local Texas time), Friday, November 22. The capsule reached an altitude of 347,661 feet (65.8 miles or 106 kilometers) and flew 3 miles (4.8 km) above the Kármán Line.

Blue Origin will launch its ninth space tourism flight this morning (November 22).

The mission — known as NS-28 because it will be the 28th overall launch of Blue Origin’s new Shepard vehicle — is scheduled to lift off from the company’s West Texas spaceport during a window that opens at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT; 9:30 a.m. local Texas time).

Blue Origin will stream the launch live, beginning 30 minutes before takeoff. You can watch the action here on Space.com, courtesy of Blue Origin, as well as on the company’s website. The stream will also be simulcast on Space.com YouTube channel, VideoFromSpace.

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The flight will last a little more than 10 minutes from takeoff to the soft parachute landing of the New Shepard crew capsule.

During that time, the crew aboard NS-28 will experience several minutes of weightlessness while being treated to views of Earth against the darkness of space.

Related: ‘The Space Gal’ Emily Calandrelli Opens Up About Her Upcoming Blue Origin Flight (Interview)

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The six crew members of NS-28, Blue Origin’s next suborbital space tourism mission. (Image credit: Blue Origin)

The NS-28 crew of six includes Emily Calandrelli, known as “The Space Gal”. Calandrelli is an MIT-educated engineer, best-selling author and science communicator who hosted the Netflix show “Emily’s Wonder Lab” as well as “Emily’s Science Lab” on YouTube. She will fly as a Citizen Astronaut Program (CAP) ambassador for the nonprofit organization Space for humanity.

Joining Calandrelli on New Shepard are repeat Blue Origin customers Marc and Sharon Hagle, a married couple who also flew on NS-20 in March 2022, James (JD) Russell, Henry (Hank) Wolfond and Austin Litteral, who won his seat in a company-sponsored giveaway.