Blue Origin recently launched its 70th person into space on June 29, carrying six tourists on a suborbital trip from West Texas. The flight, dubbed NS-33, was the company’s 13th rocket launch and lasted approximately 10 minutes. On board were husband and wife Allie and Carl Kuehner, Leland Larson, Freddie Rescigno, Jr., Owolabi Salis, and James Sitkin.
Carl Kuehner became Blue Origin’s astronaut number 70 and the 750th person in history to reach space, as recorded by the Association of Space Explorers’ Registry of Space Travelers. During the flight, passengers experienced weightlessness for about three minutes and saw the curvature of the planet against the blackness of space.
The six passengers, dubbed “The Solstice 33,” were originally scheduled to launch on June 21 but were delayed due to poor weather conditions. This brings the total number of people who have flown on suborbital flights to 123, according to the Association of Space Explorers.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle lifted off from its Launch Site One in West Texas and reached an altitude of 345,044 feet, surpassing the Kármán Line, the internationally-accepted boundary between Earth and space. The cost per seat on this flight was not disclosed.
Source: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/blue-origin-launches-6-tourists-on-suborbital-trip-from-texas-including-750th-person-ever-to-fly-into-space