Blue Origin successfully launches six tourists to edge of space
The Independent - 2024-05-19T20:44:38.000Z

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin had its first flight to space since 2022 on Sunday, May 19. The 11-minute suborbital flight lifted off from Blue Origin’s base in West Texas just after 9.30am local time. The successful trip ended a nearly two-year pause of crewed operations after a mission failure in 2022. Six space tourists were on board Sunday’s NS-25 mission. Former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight, the first Black astronaut candidate in the United States, was among them. Passengers experienced...

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