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New Shepard NS-25 mission liftoff

New Shepard NS-25 mission liftoff
New Shepard NS-25 mission liftoff A Blue Origin New Shepard spacecraft carrying six people lifts off on a suborbital flight on May 19, 2024. Among the crew was 90-year-old former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight, who was selected by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as the nation’s first Black astronaut candidate but never had the opportunity to fly. Blue Origin