SNL star Pete Davidson is heading to space with crew of five on next Blue Origin flight

Saturday Evening Dwell star Pete Davidson will truly go to area this month as an alternative of simply pretending to on stay tv. House tourism enterprise Blue Origin introduced the newest crew to move to the sting of area on the corporate’s New Shepard rocket, and as rumored, Davidson is the newest celeb visitor to affix the crew’s ranks.

This will likely be Blue Shepard’s fourth time sending a crew of individuals to area and again. The most recent flight, set for March twenty third, will carry a gaggle of six. On board with Davidson will likely be angel investor and former CEO of Get together America Marty Allen, in addition to husband and spouse duo Marc and Sharon Hagle. Marc Hagle is the CEO of Tricor Worldwide, whereas Sharon Hagle based a non-profit known as SpaceKids World, which works with Blue Origin’s Membership for the Future. Entrepreneur Jim Kitchen can also be on the flight, in addition to George Nield, the previous affiliate administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Business House Transportation workplace.

Davidson is an “honorary visitor” on this flight, whereas each different individual on the crew is a paying buyer, based on Blue Origin. He’s now a part of a rising listing of celebrities that Blue Origin has invited onto its flights in an try to drum up buzz for these missions. The corporate’s most up-to-date celeb visitor was GMA anchor and former soccer star Michael Strahan, preceded by Star Trek actor William Shatner. Blue Origin’s first crewed mission famously flew founder Jeff Bezos and legendary feminine aviator Wally Funk.

To get its passengers to area, Blue Origin launches crews inside a capsule situated on prime of the corporate’s New Shepard rocket. The automobile ignites its engine and carries the crew as much as an altitude larger than 60 miles above the Earth, the place they expertise a couple of minutes of weightlessness. The capsule ultimately separates from the rocket, and each items fall again to Earth. Whereas the capsule lands underneath parachutes, the rocket makes use of its engine to land upright on a touchdown pad.

Pete Davidson bought a style of taking part in an astronaut on SNL in Could of 2021 when SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hosted the present. Davidson performed his recurring bumbling character known as Chad, who goes to Mars on a SpaceX mission. Now, Davidson will likely be flying with Musk’s greatest rival as an alternative.