-Adonis Pouroulis, a mining engineer and entrepreneur with more than three decades of experience in energy and natural resources.
-Jason Stansell, a West Texas native and computer science graduate whose flight is in honor of his late brother, Kevin, who died from brain cancer in 2016.
Unlike orbital missions conducted by NASA or SpaceX, New Shepard flights are suborbital, offering a brief but powerful spaceflight experience. The entire mission lasts about 10 to 12 minutes, including several minutes of weightlessness before returning to Earth.
Liftoff is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. ET Thursday from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas.