Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Krmn line

By Andrew Jones published 2 hours ago

Six people will fly on the NS-26 mission, including a college student who will make history.



The crewmembers for NS-26, Blue Origin's next suborbital space tourism mission. A launch date has not yet been announced. (Image credit: Blue Origin)

Blue Origin has announced the crew for its next New Shepard space tourism flight. The diverse crew includes a NASA-funded researcher, a professor, a university student, a cardiologist and entrepreneurs, Blue Origin announced in a statement on Wednesday (July 24).

The announcement signals that Blue Origin is ready to resume flights, having tackled an issue that saw the capsule on its previous crewed flight — NS-25 this past May — touch down using just two of its three parachutes.

The upcoming NS-26 mission will carry Nicolina Elrick, Rob Ferl, Eugene Grin, Dr. Eiman Jahangir, Karsen Kitchen and Ephraim Rabin.

Elrick is a philanthropist and entrepreneur, while Ferl is a professor and director at the University of Florida's Astraeus Space Institute. Grin was born in Ukraine and emigrated to the US in 1979, forging a career in real estate and finance. Jahangir is a cardiologist and associate professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Rabin is an American-Israeli businessman, philanthropist and entrepreneur.

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