TV host Michael Strahan and Alan Shepard’s daughter set for Blue Origin launch
The Hindu
The spacecraft itself is named for Alan Shepard, who in 1961 made history as the second person, and first American, to travel into space, on a 15-minute suborbital flight.
Following the contrail blazed by , two more honorary guests of are ready to take a free joyride to the final frontier.
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The company's New Shepard rocketship is due for liftoff from Texas at 8:45 a.m. Central time (1445 GMT) on Saturday, with U.S. TV personality and retired NFL star Michael Strahan strapped in beside the eldest daughter of the late pioneering astronaut Alan Shepard.
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