Blue Origin’s flight, which will include First Mexican-born woman to go into space, delayed
UPDATE: Blue Origin announced its flight, originally scheduled for Friday, May 20, has been delayed.
The company said it was due to an issue with the New Shepard Rocket's "back-up" systems.
It's not clear when the flight will be rescheduled.
ORIGINAL STORY:
VAN HORN, Texas (KVIA) -- Blue Origin announced who will be part of its next flight into space Monday morning.
Among the crew members is Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman to fly into space.
The crew members for the NS-21 mission include:
- Astronaut Evan Dick
- Electrical Engineer Katya Echazarreta
- Action Aviation Chairman Hamish Harding
- Civil Production Engineer Victor Correa Hespanha
- Dream Variation Ventures co-founder Jaison Robinson
- Insight Equity Victor Vescovo
This will be Blue Origin's fifth, crewed-flight. The New Shephard rocket takes off from the Blue Origin launch site just north of Van Horn.
To read more about the mission, click here.
