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Pete Davidson, in the news over Kim Kardashian affair, blasting off to space

  • American comedian and actor Pete Davidson, who has made headlines recently for his new relationship with Kim Kardashian, is going to space on a Blue Origin flight.

By:AFP
| Updated on: Aug 22 2022, 10:37 IST
Pete Davidson
Pete Davidson, 28, has been in the news lately for dating reality-star-turned-entrepreneur Kim Kardashian. (AFP)
Pete Davidson
Pete Davidson, 28, has been in the news lately for dating reality-star-turned-entrepreneur Kim Kardashian. (AFP)

American comedian and actor Pete Davidson, who has made headlines recently for his new relationship with Kim Kardashian, is going to space as part of a six-member team on Jeff Bezos owned Blue Origin space company's next flight next week, the company said Monday.

The Saturday Night Live star will be the only non-paying guest on the voyage aboard the New Shepard rocket, which is set to blast off from the company's Launch Site One in West Texas on March 23 at 8:30 am local time (1330 GMT).

It will be the fourth human flight for the company, which launched its billionaire founder and owner Jeff Bezos to space on its first crewed mission last summer.

Pete Davidson, 28, has been in the news lately for dating reality-star-turned-entrepreneur Kim Kardashian, whose contentious divorce from rapper Kanye West was finalized earlier this month.

Kanye West, legally known as Ye, has made no secret of his anger towards Davidson -- burying alive a claymation version of the younger man in a new animated music video.

The other crewmates are CEO and investor Marty Allen; husband and wife Sharon and Marc Hagle, who run a nonprofit and business, respectively; teacher and explorer Jim Kitchen, and George Nield, who founded a company that promotes commercial space activity.

The ticket prices remain a secret, as they have since the first flight.

Named after pioneering astronaut Alan Shepard, New Shepard is Blue Origin's reusable, autonomously-flown suborbital rocket system that is capable of crossing the Karman Line, the internationally recognized boundary of space, 62 miles (100 kilometers) high.

Pete Davidson
Kanye West, left, and Kim Kardashian. Kardashian has become a single woman, nearly eight years after her marriage to Kanye West. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Kanye West, left, and Kim Kardashian. Kardashian has become a single woman, nearly eight years after her marriage to Kanye West. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

During the 11-minute round trip, passengers experience several minutes of weightlessness and can observe the curvature of the Earth. The capsule floats back to the surface on giant parachutes for a gentle desert landing.

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First Published Date: 14 Mar, 23:44 IST
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