EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Space technology company Blue Origin has scheduled its next human flight for this weekend.
The company is scheduled to have its New Shepard rocket lift off Sunday, Aug. 3 from Launch Site One outside of Van Horn.
The launch window opens at 6:30 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time on Sunday.
The webcast will start at T-30 minutes. You can click here to watch it.
This mission is the 14th human flight for the New Shepard program and the 34th in its history.
To date, Blue Origin has flown 70 people above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.
The New Shepard program is named after legendary astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space.
New Shepard is Blue Origin’s “fully reusable, suborbital rocket system built for human flight from the beginning,” the company said on its website.
New Shepard goes on an 11-minute journey, past the Kármán line, which is 62 miles above the Earth’s surfance. For several minutes, crew members experience weightlessness and witness the Earth from a vantage point few get to experience.
The vehicle is fully autonomous with no pilots.