Blue Origin Expands Space Tourism With Successful NS-33 New Shepard Flight

Blue Origin's rocket, New Shepard, just completed its 33rd journey, carrying six people and about 1,000 postcards. The flight, named NS-33 (New Shepard 33), is New Shepard's 13th flight with humans. The spacecraft has now successfully carried 70 people in total to space.

The NS-33 flight, which took place on June 29, was originally slated for June 21. The crew members had even named themselves "The Solstice 33" because of that summer solstice date. However, their flight was postponed twice due to bad weather. Finally, around 10:39 AM on June 29, the New Shepard spacecraft took off from its Launch Site One in West Texas. Its six passengers were Allie Kuehner, Carl Kuehner (husband and wife), Leland Larson, Freddie Rescigno, Jr., Owolabi Salis, and James Sitkin. You'll find it interesting that these are not astronauts but rather attorneys, environmentalists, and other regular professionals.

Flight NS-33 ...