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2021-12-11T12:30:55.415 Z.
Its Launch Day for Blue Origins NS-19The 6 travelers of Blue Origins NS-19 flight, from left: Dylan Taylor, Lane and Cameron Bess, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan and Evan Dick. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Its launch day for Blue Origins NS-19 objective aboard New Shepard, which will liftoff off at 9:45 a.m. EST (1445 GMT) to carry Good Morning America host and former NFL player Michael Strahan and 5 others on a suborbital trip to area. The six New Shepard crewmembers are at Blue Origins Launch Site One near Van Horn, Texas for todays launch. Theyre staying at Blue Origins Astronaut Village, where theyre flight has actually been postponed considering that Dec. 9 due to high winds and weather. Blue Origins webcast will begin at 8:15 a.m. EST (1315 GMT) and you can enjoy it in the feed above.Flying aboard the New Shepard automobile with Strahan will be: Laura Shepard Churchley, 74, the eldest child of NASA astronaut Alan Shepard. Shepard was the first NASA astronaut to fly in space, and the New Shepard spacecraft is called after him.Dylan Taylor, 51, chairman and CEO of the space expedition company Voyager Space, creator of the nonprofit Space for Humanity, and co-founding client of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.Evan Dick, age not revealed, an engineer and financier who is a volunteer pilot for Starfighters Aerospace.Lane Bess, age not divulged, principal and founder of a technology-focused endeavor fund called Bess Ventures and Advisory.Cameron Bess, age not divulged, who is a child of Lane. They stream range content on Twitch under the alias MeepsKitten.Well have live coverage of the countdown and launch here..