The launch is scheduled for March 23 and Davidson will be the third person on the Blue Origin flight
The launch is scheduled for March 23 and Davidson will be the third person on the Blue Origin flight
Pete Davidson is going to space.
The “Saturday Night Live” star is among six passengers on the next launch of Jeff Bezos’ space travel venture Blue Origin, the company announced Monday.
The launch is scheduled for March 23 and Davidson will be the third celebrity on the Blue Origin flight. William Shatner was on a flight in October, blasting off west Texas and reaching an altitude of about 66 miles above Earth on a 10-minute journey.
Former NFL great and “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan flew on Blue Origin’s second passenger flight in December, joining astronaut Alan Shepard’s daughter in the journey. Amazon founder Bezos made the company’s first passenger flight last July.
The other passengers on next week’s flight are CEO and investor Marty Allen; Sharon and Mark Hagel; Educator and entrepreneur Jim Kitchen and former NASA manager George Neal, who has worked to promote commercial spaceflight.
Mark Hagel is the CEO of commercial and residential property company Tricor International. His wife, Sharon Hegley, founded SpaceKids Global, a non-profit that aims to inspire children about spaceflight.
Blue Origin’s flights give passengers a few minutes of weightlessness above Earth’s surface before a capsule parachute and landing in the deserts of West Texas. The company has not disclosed the ticket price for paying customers.
Davidson, who is currently dating reality star Kim Kardashian, wrote and starred in the semi-autobiographical film “The King of Staten Island,” which was released in 2020.