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Blue Origin is hosting a briefing from its facility in Texas:

—CEO Bob Smith
—Flight director Steve Lanius
—VP of New Shepard operations Audrey Powers
—New Shepard chief engineer Chris Jaeger
—Director of astronaut sales Ariane Cornell

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Lanius: Weather forecast shows "a slight chance of rain and thunderstorms in the early morning hours" but should "clear in time" for the launch window "with light winds expected."

"The upper level wind forecast is favorable for launch."

Powers highlights Blue Origin's work with the FAA throughout the New Shepard development program:

"We've collaborated with them very closely ... the whole commercial space team at the FAA has been with us through every step of this program."

Powers: "There are no designated public viewing areas for our flights."

The Texas Department of Transportation will close part of the local highway "during the hours around" Blue Origin's first crewed launch.

Powers: "The vast majority of people who are supporting our launch operations," both Blue Origin employees and contractors "are vaccinated at this point."

Jaeger: "No engineering or technical issues, looking forward to a great L-0 day."

.@arianecornell: "From a sales perspective, we are particularly excited because we will be flying our first paying customer on New Shepard:" Oliver Daemen.

@arianecornell Cornell: "Since the auction that we held on June 12, I have had the pleasure of chatting with many of our future customers who have signed for the subsequent flights."

"We intend to have two more flights this year."

@arianecornell Cornell: Blue Origin has "already built a robust pipeline of customers that are interested" in future New Shepard flights.

@arianecornell Smith: This New Shepard rocket booster and capsule have flown twice, which was part of Blue Origin's "certification plan" in preparation for crewed flights.

@arianecornell Smith: Blue Origin hopes to launch the second crewed New Shepard flight in September or October.