Blue Origin poised to send NFL, TV's Strahan into space

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This photograph provided by Blue Origin shows, from left: Dylan Taylor, Lane Bess, Cameron Bess, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan and Evan Dick. The six are scheduled to beryllium launched into space. (Courtesy of Blue Origin via AP) (Uncredited)

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, is astir to nonstop erstwhile NFL large Michael Strahan into abstraction — with a football.

The co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” and erstwhile New York Giant prepped Saturday for a greeting blastoff from West Texas. Five others volition articulation him connected the 10-minute flight, including the eldest girl of the archetypal American successful space, Alan Shepard. Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is named for him.

Strahan packed his Super Bowl ringing and his recently retired No. 92 jersey for the ride. Bezos besides enactment a shot aboard that volition spell to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Laura Shepard Churchley is taking up a tiny portion of her father's Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, which soared successful 1961, arsenic good arsenic a fewer mementos that accompanied him to the satellite connected Apollo 14 successful 1971.

This is Blue Origin's 3rd rider flight. Bezos, who founded Amazon six years earlier Blue Origin, was connected the debut motorboat successful July. The second, successful October, included histrion William Shatner — Captain James Kirk of TV's archetypal “Star Trek.”

The reusable, automated capsule volition beryllium particularly crowded this time. Instead of four, determination volition beryllium six flying, including 4 paying customers.

Blue Origin primitively targeted Thursday for the launch, but precocious upwind forced a delay.

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