Pete Davidson to Travel to Space Next Week

The “Saturday Night Live” actor Pete Davidson will travel to space next week on the next Blue Origin spaceflight, the company announced on Monday.

Davidson, 28, will be the third celebrity to join the company's human flight missions.

"Star Trek" actor William Shatner and "Good Morning America" host Michael Strahan has served as celebrity guests on Blue Origin flights.

The flight is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m. ET on March 23. It will also include Commercial Space Technologies president Dr. George Nield, educator Jim Kitchen, SpaceKids Global nonprofit founder Sharon Hagle and her husband, Tricor International CEO Marc Hagle.