Research scientist Amanda Nguyen talks with us, courtesy of Blue Origin, and shares her Zero-G indicator being a hospital band that represents something special to her. Nguyen also shared through tears what becoming an astronaut meant for her in that moment.

The New Shepard 31 will soon be host to an all-female crew, to carry them on their 11-minute space adventure. Designed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin, it claims to be fully reusable, and specifically designed for human flight. There are no pilots, and the passengers sit in a small, round crew capsule at the top of the rocket.