Blue Origin is scheduled to launch an uncrewed mission this weekend.

UPDATE: Blue Origin scrubbed its scheduled uncrewed flight for New Shepard that was planned for Saturday, August 23. An issue was discovered related to the booster's avionics, the company said. A new launch date will be announced.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - The space technology company Blue Origin has its next space flight scheduled for this weekend.

The company is scheduled to launch its New Shepard rocket in an uncrewed mission that will have more than 40 scientific and research payloads onboard.

This will be the 35th mission of the New Shepard program and will bring the number of payloads flown on it to more than 200.

The launch window will open at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 MDT from the company's Launch Site One outside of Van Horn, Texas.

A webcast will begin 15 minutes before launch. You can view the launch and flight by clickinghere.

 

The payload manifest includes 24 experiments from NASA's TechRise Student Challenge, along with thousands of postcards on behalf ofClub for the Future, Blue Origin's STEAM-focused nonprofit.

As part of its mission, Club for the Future works with organizations like NASA, universities, non-profits, and K-12 schools to inspire the next generation of space explorers, Blue Origin said.

The organization has engaged nearly 95 million people globally through initiatives including Postcards to Space, standards-aligned lessons to help teachers, and an ambassador program. Students can submit their own digital postcards to fly to space.here.

"The mission will provide over three minutes of 'clean microgravity for experiments from a range of organizations, including NASA, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, University of Florida, Carthage College, University of Central Florida, Teledyne, Space Lab Technologies, and Teachers in Space, among others," Blue Origin said.

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