Description : Blue Origin`s suborbital New Shepard rocket propelled six people to an altitude of more than 60 miles over West Texas Saturday, including the first Mexican-born woman to fly to space.

The company has now flown five missions carrying 25 people to suborbital space, and aims to nearly double that figure by the end of this year, according to a host on the Blue Origin webcast Saturday. The company`s first human mission last July carried billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and three co-passengers.

The flight began with liftoff from Blue Origin`s privately-owned spaceport north of Van Horn, Texas, at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT; 8:25 a.m. CDT). The mission, designated NS-21, was previously scheduled to launch May 20, but Blue Origin delayed the flight to address a problem with a backup system on the New Shepard rocket.

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