Blue Origin successfully completed its NS-28 manned mission to space after launching from Launch Site One in West Texas at 10:30 a.m. EST. The crew included Emily Calandrelli, nicknamed “The Space Gal”, who became the 100th woman ever to fly into space.
Calandrelli brought a total of 10 significant things, including: a painting of her daughter as an astronaut, her father’s college ring, petri dishes containing plant seedlings, and a roll of stickers that will be put on signed books sent out to children. Other crew members include Sharon Hagle, Marc Hagle, Austin Litteral, James (J.D.) Russell, and Henry (Hank) Wolfond. With the NS-28 crew included, New Shepard has flown 47 people to space to date.
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We got to weightlessness, I immediately turned upside down and looked at the planet and then there was so much blackness. There was so much space. I didn’t expect to see so much space, and I kept saying ‘That’s our planet! That’s our planet!’ It was the same feeling I got when my kids were born, and I was like, ‘That’s my baby! That’s my baby!’ I had that same feeling where I’m seeing it for the first time, and it was beautiful,” said Calandrelli.
