WASHINGTON: Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launched a six-person crew - including the first US Black astronaut candidate from the 1960s - from West Texas to the edge of space on Sunday (May 19).
Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin resumes its flights to the edge of space, carrying six people seated in a capsule atop the New Shepard rocket, U.S. May 19, 2024. WASHINGTON: Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launched a six-person crew - including the first US Black astronaut candidate from the 1960s - from West Texas to the edge of space on Sunday .
Dwight and the other passengers, seated in a gumdrop-shaped capsule atop the rocket, were launched from Blue Origin facilities near the remote desert town of Van Horn. The rocket separated from the capsule, which then ascended further beyond the boundary of Earth's atmosphere to 105.7 kms, while the booster returned to land as planned.
Blue Origin has now flown 37 private astronauts, including in 2021"Star Trek" star William Shatner, who was 90 years and six months old at the time. The US Federal Aviation Administration examined Blue Origin's probe into the failure and required the company to take 21 corrective actions, including an engine redesign and"organizational changes".
Resuming New Shepard's routine missions was a top priority for Blue Origin's new CEO Dave Limp, plucked from Amazon.com's AMZN.O devices unit late last year by Bezos, the billionaire founder of both companies. Bezos is working to boost his space company's competitive footing with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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