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TEXAS, — Blue Origin’s New Shepard’s 25th mission to space will lift off Sunday morning in Texas.

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The New Shepard rocket and capsule is scheduled to lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas at 8: 30 CDT.

The capsule can hold up to six people and is named the RSS First Step. The “RSS” stands for “reusable space ship.”

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The capsule, Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, and former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight.

The New Shepard capsule is a fully reusable rocket and it has flown to space 8 times.

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The space journey can last up to 11 minutes.

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Beatriz Oliveira, WFTV.com

Beatriz Oliveira is a Content Creator for WFTV.com.

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