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Davidson of ‘SNL’ headed to space on Blue Origin rocket

- BY KATE FELDMAN

“Saturday Night Live” star Pete Davidson is moving up in the world — from Staten Island to space.

Davidson, 28, will head to outer space on Blue Origin’s 20th mission next week along with five other topflight passengers, Jeff Bezos’ commercial space tourism company announced Monday,

Also aboard will be Party America CEO Marty Allen; Sharon Hagle, founder of the nonprofit SpaceKids Global and her husband and real estate mogul Marc Hagle; University of North Carolina Prof. Jim Kitche; and George Nield, president of Commercial Space Technologi­es.

All six future explorers will carry a postcard to space on behalf of Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future, which will return the cards to students with a “Flown to Space” stamp.

NS-20, Blue Origin’s fourth manned mission, is scheduled to lift off March 23 from west Texas.

Davidsonjo­ins a short list of celebritie­s who have taken the 11-minute flight, following William Shatner and Michael Strahan.

The high-flying distractio­n comes at a good time for Davidson, who is currently in an online battle with rapper Kanye West over Kim Kardashian. The feud had mostly been one-sided, with West criticizin­g his ex-wife for how she’s raising their children and making multiple music videos depicting graphic violence against Davidson, who’s been dating Kardashian.

In texts between the pair released Sunday, Davidson said he was “done being quiet.”

“Kim is literally the best mother I’ve ever met,” he wrote. … I’ve decided I’m not gonna let you treat us this way anymore and I’m done being quiet.”

When West asked Davidson where he was, he responded with a shirtless selfie.

“In bed with your wife,” he wrote.

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