Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin set to launch 8th tourist to space

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace venture Blue Origin is set to launch its eighth tourist mission to suborbital space today. The flight will carry six people for an 11-minute ride above the Karman line, the internationally recognised boundary of space. The the New Shepard rocket will lift off



from the Site One in West Texas at 6.30 pm as per Indian Standard Time (IST).

The six-person crew includes Nicolina Elrick, Rob Ferl, Eugene Grin, Dr. Eiman Jahangir, Karsen Kitchen, and Ephraim Rabin.