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Crew for 26th New Shepard Mission Announced

Will Include The Youngest Woman Ever to Cross the Kármán Line

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Tom Patton
Jul 29, 2024
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The six-person crew slated to fly on the Blue Origin NS-26 mission has been announced. The crew includes: Nicolina Elrick, Rob Ferl, Eugene Grin, Dr. Eiman Jahangir, Karsen Kitchen, and Ephraim Rabin. Karsen will become the youngest woman ever to cross the Kármán line.

Ferl will be the first NASA-funded researcher to conduct an experiment as part of a co…

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