American comedian Pete Davidson, the romantic partner of Kim Kardashian, will not finally embark on Jeff Bezos Blue Origin’s space flight, it was announced last Monday.
According to a statement from the airline, Davidson “will no longer be able to join the mission,” which also It was delayed by about a week, from March 23 to March 29.
The announcement of what will be the company’s fourth space mission to include humans adds, “We will announce the sixth member of the crew in the coming days.”
Entrepreneurs Marty Allen, Mark and Sharon Hagel, Professor Jim Kitchen and President George Nield of commercial space technology will travel to Davidson’s replacement.
On July 21, Bezos himself participated in his company’s first flight into space, which lasted eleven minutes.
Among the celebrities who have traveled with Blue Origin on its previous three trips are Star Trek actor William Shatner Good Morning America hosts Michael Strahan.
The space rocket, christened New Shepard in honor of Alan Shepard, the first American in space, will launch from the company’s launch pad in Texas.
The crew will train for several days at the Blue Origin facility before boarding the hypersonic rocket on its short spaceflight.
In addition to Bezos, billionaires Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Galactic, and Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, took part in the race to attract billionaire tourists. They are famous for their space travel. (me)