Pete Davidson Will No Longer Travel to Space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin
Following the rescheduling of the rocket’s launch.
Pete Davidson will no longer be joining the crew of Blue Origin‘s next space flight after the launch date was rescheduled, the company has announced. While the takeoff for the company’s rocket was originally slated for March 23, it was pushed back by six days, now scheduled to launch on March 29.
“Blue Origin’s 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29. Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission,” Blue Origin’s tweet read. “We will announce the sixth crew member in the coming days.”
Blue Origin’s 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29. Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission. We will announce the sixth crew member in the coming days.
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) March 18, 2022
The five remaining crew members, who are paying customers, are all still planning to go on the flight. Among the group is a former associate administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation and the founder of a space-centered nonprofit organization.
In other tech news, NASA has rolled out the world’s most powerful rocket: the space launch system SLS.
