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Blue Origin’s NS-28 mission successfully launched from Launch Site One on November 22, 2024, at 10:30 AM CST / 16:30 UTC. This marked the ninth human spaceflight and the 28th overall flight for the New Shepard program. The mission included:
- Crew:
- Emily Calandrelli, an MIT engineer and TV host known as @TheSpaceGal.
- Sharon Hagle, who flew for the second time, along with her husband Marc Hagle.
- Austin Litteral, a risk management professional from the financial services industry.
- James (J.D.) Russell, a technology entrepreneur.
- Henry (Hank) Wolfond, chairman and CEO of Bayshore Capital.
- Mission Highlights:
- The New Shepard booster successfully landed, demonstrating the program’s reusability.
- The crew experienced a few minutes of weightlessness and traveled above the Kármán line, internationally recognized as the boundary of space.
- Significance:
- This was the second flight for Sharon and Marc Hagle, showcasing Blue Origin’s capability to fly passengers on multiple missions.
- The mission continues to support Blue Origin’s vision of making space travel more accessible, with this flight being part of their ongoing effort to expand flight capacity and meet growing customer demand.
The mission was confirmed as a success with the safe return of the crew and the booster, underlining Blue Origin’s progress in suborbital spaceflight.
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