Moscow. September 27. INTERFAX-The American private aerospace company Blue Origin announced a new manned suborbital flight of four tourists on a New Shepard rocket, it is planned for October 12, according to the company's website on Monday.
"Today, Blue Origin announced the 18th mission of the New Shepard spacecraft. It will be held on Tuesday, October 12. Four astronauts will fly on board the ship, including Chris Boshuizen, a former NASA engineer and co-founder of Planet Labs, as well as Glen DeVries, deputy chairman of the health department at Dassault Systems and co - founder of Medidata. The names of the other two astronauts will be announced later, " the report says.
The previous manned flight of the rocket occurred on July 20, it was attended by the owner of the company - Jeff Bezos.
