It’s official: Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson is heading to space. Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company, announced today that the SNL comic will be among the crew of …
comic will be among the crew of the New Shepard flight scheduled for a March 23 liftoff. Davidson follows fellow entertainers William Shatner and Michael Strahan in the roster of Blue Origin passengers.
In addition to Davidson, the March 23 flight – which will reach an altitude of about 65 miles, with passengers experience four minutes of weightlessness – will include Party America CEO Marty Allen; Commercial Space Technologies president Dr. George Nield; Sharon Hagle, founder of the nonprofit SpaceKids Global, and husband philanthropist and real estate mogul Marc Hagle, CEO of real estate concern Tricor International; and Jim Kitchen, a University of North Carolina professor.
The flight will be the 20th for Blue Origin’s New Shepard program, and the fourth to include a human crew. Liftoff is targeted for 8:30 a.m. CT on March 23.
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