What a Ticket on Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Will Cost You
55 years, 3 months ago

What a Ticket on Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Will Cost You

Slate  

Jeff Bezos and three other passengers spent roughly 10 minutes Tuesday morning flying on a round trip to space in the New Shepard, a rocket ship built by the billionaire’s aerospace company Blue Origin. LIFTOFF: Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen blast off into space https://t.co/5C820HM4EM pic.twitter.com/nmyQn0B2UE — CBS News July 20, 2021 The flight was Blue Origin’s first with people aboard. The other two passengers were Jeff Bezos’ brother Mark and Wally Funk, a renowned aviator who trained as an astronaut in the 1960s before the U.S. government canned its “women in space” program. The space tourism company Axiom is flying three people early next year to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule and will stay there for eight nights; seats are $55 million a pop.

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Watch: Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin launches tourists to space on record 10th flight
1 month, 1 week ago

Watch: Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin launches tourists to space on record 10th flight

India Today  

Blue Origin successfully launched its 10th space tourism mission, NS-30, on Tuesday, marking a significant milestone in the company's efforts to make space travel accessible to civilians. The New Shepard spacecraft lifted off from Blue Origin's West Texas launch site, carrying six crew members for a brief joyride to suborbital space. This flight continues Blue Origin's commitment to suborbital tourism, …

Elon Musk's eight word response to billionaire space rival Jeff Bezos after his Blue Origin rocket finally launched
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk's eight word response to billionaire space rival Jeff Bezos after his Blue Origin rocket finally launched

Daily Mail  

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has weighed in on his billionaire space rival Jeff Bezos's launch of his Blue Origin rocket, after its inaugural flight was delayed earlier this week. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has weighed in on his billionaire space rival Jeff Bezos's launch of his Blue Origin rocket Jeff Bezos' towering 30-story rocket, designed with a reusable first stage, …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Launches Massive New Glenn Rocket
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Launches Massive New Glenn Rocket

Huff Post  

The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lits off at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Jan. 16, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA’s Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago. Blue Origin …

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on test flight
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on test flight

Al Jazeera  

The rocket’s first attempt to launch on Monday was scrubbed around because ice had accumulated on a propellant line. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has blasted off from Florida on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth’s orbit for Jeff Bezos’s space company. Thirty storeys tall, standing at 98 metres, with a reusable first stage, New Glenn …

Jeff Bezos Blue Origin rocket to launch again after delays over ice buildup and weather concerns
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos Blue Origin rocket to launch again after delays over ice buildup and weather concerns

Live Mint  

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's space company, Blue Origin, will try to launch a massive new rocket on Tuesday again after postponing the debut launch due to ice buildup in critical plumbing, reported PTI. Blue Origin's 320-foot-long New Glenn rocket was planned to be launched on Monday with a prototype satellite. Named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the …

Bezos' Blue Origin is nearing liftoff on the 1st flight of its newest, biggest rocket
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bezos' Blue Origin is nearing liftoff on the 1st flight of its newest, biggest rocket

NPR  

Bezos' Blue Origin is nearing liftoff on the 1st flight of its newest, biggest rocket toggle caption Blue Origin/Cover Images via Reuters Connect A massive new rocket developed by Blue Origin, the private space firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is on the pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and ready for its maiden flight as early …

Can Jeff Bezos match Elon Musk in space?
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Can Jeff Bezos match Elon Musk in space?

Live Mint  

IT HAS BEEN a long time coming. Assuming there are no last-minute delays, then in the next few days Blue Origin, a firm run by Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, will make the first launch of its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. In contrast to Mr Bezos’s hard-charging management style at Amazon, at Blue Origin the gradatim has …

Millions Join Live Stream to Buy Tickets to First Chinese Rocket Trip to Space
5 months, 1 week ago

Millions Join Live Stream to Buy Tickets to First Chinese Rocket Trip to Space

CNN  

Millions of people tuned in to a livestream on Chinese shopping platform Taobao to purchase two tickets for passage on the first Chinese rocket ship to take tourists to space. The tickets, priced at 1,000,000 yuan (around $140,000), sold out immediately, with the identities of the ticket buyers not disclosed.

Blue Origin launches six paying customers on brief tourist flight to space
7 months ago

Blue Origin launches six paying customers on brief tourist flight to space

India Today  

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, successfully launched its sixth crewed mission to space today from its West Texas facility. WATCH BLUE ORIGIN FLY SIX TOURISTS TO SPACE The New Shepard vehicle lifted off at 6:45 pm IST, soaring above the Karman line, the internationally recognised boundary of space at 100 kilometres altitude. As Blue Origin …

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches six tourists to edge of space after two-year pause
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches six tourists to edge of space after two-year pause

The Independent  

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How Jeff Bezos built his $200B fortune and became world's richest man
1 year ago

How Jeff Bezos built his $200B fortune and became world's richest man

Daily Mail  

Jeff Bezos has taken back his spot as the world's richest man for the first time in three years after amassing a $200billion fortune. Bezos sold off a total of $4billion worth of Amazon shares since mid-February, regulatory filings revealed, but he is still the firm's highest shareholder, owning close to 10 percent of company stock. Bezos stepped down as …

How Jeff Bezos built his $200BN fortune to become the world's richest man: Amazon founder made $7.9MN EVERY hour last year and is now worth more than THREE HUNDRED times Tom Cruise's mega $600MN fortu
1 year ago

How Jeff Bezos built his $200BN fortune to become the world's richest man: Amazon founder made $7.9MN EVERY hour last year and is now worth more than THREE HUNDRED times Tom Cruise's mega $600MN fortu

Daily Mail  

Jeff Bezos has taken back his spot as the world's richest man for the first time in three years after amassing a $200billion fortune. In February 2020, he shelled out $165million for this 13,600 sq ft Georgian-style mansion in Beverly Hills, California, which boasts terraces, guest houses, a tennis court, and a nine-hole golf course Jeff Bezos's yacht named Koru …

Blue Origin awarded its first NASA interplanetary launch contract for Mars mission
2 years, 1 month ago

Blue Origin awarded its first NASA interplanetary launch contract for Mars mission

The Hindu  

Blue Origin, the private space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was awarded its first interplanetary NASA contract on Thursday to launch a mission next year to study the magnetic field around Mars, the U.S. space agency and company said. Plans call for Blue Origin's recently developed New Glenn heavy-lift rocket to blast off with NASA's dual-spacecraft ESCAPADE mission in …

Up, up and away: As Blue Origin makes its sixth flight, how much does space tourism cost and will it ever be affordable?
2 years, 7 months ago

Up, up and away: As Blue Origin makes its sixth flight, how much does space tourism cost and will it ever be affordable?

Firstpost  

After a number of flights into space by SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic in the last one year and several more lined up, one thing is certain: space tourism is finally taking off. Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sent six people to space on Thursday on its New Shepard spacecraft, including the first from Egypt and Portugal. But …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sends 1st Egyptian and Portuguese nationals to space
2 years, 7 months ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sends 1st Egyptian and Portuguese nationals to space

Hindustan Times  

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin on Thursday launched six people to space on the company's sixth crewed flight. The crew member of the sixth crewed flight of Blue Origin It included Coby Cotton, one of five co-founders of the YouTube sports and comedy channel Dude Perfect, which boasts more than 57 million followers. The crew also included Egyptian engineer Sara Sabry, …

Blue Origin conducts second tourist launch of 2022, sends six passengers to space
2 years, 9 months ago

Blue Origin conducts second tourist launch of 2022, sends six passengers to space

India Today  

Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin on Saturday conducted its fifth launch of the New Shepard spacecraft, sending six people on a brief suborbital flight to space. The spacecraft lifted off from Launch Site-1 in the Texas desert with investor and NS-19 Astronaut Evan Dick; electrical engineer and former NASA test lead Katya Echazarreta; business jet pilot and Action Aviation Chairman …

Bezos' Blue Origin to conduct first launch of 2022 on March 23, send 6 tourists to space
3 years ago

Bezos' Blue Origin to conduct first launch of 2022 on March 23, send 6 tourists to space

India Today  

After successfully completing three private flights to space, Blue Origin is set to conduct the first tourist launch of 2022. The Jeff Bezos founded company will launch Saturday Night Live's Pete Davidson and five others on a brief suborbital flight to space on March 23 on its New Shepard spacecraft. Former NFL great and “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan …

The ever-surprising Pete Davidson is going to space as an "honorary guest"
3 years ago

The ever-surprising Pete Davidson is going to space as an "honorary guest"

Salon  

Among the many surprising titles that Pete Davidson has held in the past year – from Kim Kardashian's boyfriend to chicken cutlet connoisseur – you can add space traveler. Other notable passengers include "Star Trek" star William Shatner, who became the oldest person to fly to space at 90, and ex-NFL star/television personality Michael Strahan, who took part in last …

Pete Davidson said to be negotiating Blue Origin space flight with Jeff Bezos
3 years ago

Pete Davidson said to be negotiating Blue Origin space flight with Jeff Bezos

The Independent  

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Billionaire who flew SpaceX last year going back into orbit
3 years, 1 month ago

Billionaire who flew SpaceX last year going back into orbit

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The billionaire who launched on his own SpaceX flight last year is headed back up, aiming for an even higher orbit and the chance to take part in a spacewalk. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman announced Monday that he will make another private spaceflight launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, alongside two SpaceX engineers and a former …

Jeff Bezos pays $200million to get his name put on the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum
3 years, 2 months ago

Jeff Bezos pays $200million to get his name put on the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum

Daily Mail  

Jeff Bezos has paid $200 million to name a new branch of the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, after the Amazon founder traveled to space just once. Along with the STEAM center, a major portion of the renovations will focus on the museum's existing restaurant area this spring and replace it with the new building, with the aim of opening …

Blue Origin launch with Michael Strahan caps record year for human spaceflight
3 years, 3 months ago

Blue Origin launch with Michael Strahan caps record year for human spaceflight

Live Mint  

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin LLC launched six people to the edge of space for a few minutes on Saturday, a trip that rounded out the busiest year for human flights in more than three decades. This year’s number includes five trips managed by either the Chinese and Russian governments, such as the Russian space agency’s launch earlier this week of …

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin completes third space flight with 6-member crew
3 years, 3 months ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin completes third space flight with 6-member crew

Hindustan Times  

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company blasted its third private crew into space on Saturday, this time including the daughter of the first American astronaut. A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off with a crew of six, including Laura Shepard Churchley, the daughter of the first American in space Alan Shepard, for whom the spacecraft is named, from Launch Site …

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to blast GMA anchor Michael Strahan and others into space
3 years, 4 months ago

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to blast GMA anchor Michael Strahan and others into space

The Independent  

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin unveils plans to build 'business park' in space
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin unveils plans to build 'business park' in space

India TV News  

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin unveils plans to build 'business park' in space Blue Origin said that the new space station Orbital Reef will be habitable for up to 10 people. Private aerospace company Blue Origin is planning to set up a new space station. Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Space and several others have partnered to set up the new rotating …

Blue Origin, Boeing chart course for 'business park' in space
3 years, 5 months ago

Blue Origin, Boeing chart course for 'business park' in space

The Hindu  

Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin on Monday unveiled plans to develop a commercial space station called "Orbital Reef" with Boeing, aiming to launch the spacecraft in the second half of this decade. Orbital Reef will be operated as a "mixed use business park", and plans to provide the infrastructure needed to scale economic activity and open new markets in space, …

Blue Origin launches William Shatner into space
3 years, 5 months ago

Blue Origin launches William Shatner into space

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 90-year-old Star Trek actor became the oldest person ever to travel to space, taking the record …

How much does Jeff Bezos make per minute?
3 years, 5 months ago

How much does Jeff Bezos make per minute?

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jeff Bezos is best …

‘Star Trek’s’ William Shatner ventures to space, in real life
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Star Trek’s’ William Shatner ventures to space, in real life

LA Times  

William Shatner, second from left, speaks as Audrey Powers, Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries look on after their flight at the Blue Origin spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, on Wednesday. After decades of exploring the final frontier on screen, “Star Trek” actor William Shatner became the oldest person to reach space in a 10-minute flight Wednesday that moved him …

A Virgin Galactic space ticket will cost you $450,000
3 years, 7 months ago

A Virgin Galactic space ticket will cost you $450,000

Live Mint  

After flying its founder Richard Branson to space, Virgin Galactic is restarting ticket sales beginning at $450,000, the company announced this week. The new price is about double the $200,000 to $250,000 paid by around 600 people who previously booked seats on Virgin's spaceship between 2005 and 2014, as the company looks to cash in on the success of last …

Blue Origin | The race to space
3 years, 8 months ago

Blue Origin | The race to space

The Hindu  

In 2005, six years after he was named the Time magazine’s Person of the Year for helping “build the foundation of our future” and already a multi-billionaire by this time, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos walked into the nondescript office of Van Horn Advocate, a local weekly newspaper in Van Horn town in west Texas, to talk about a project that …

It’s easy to scoff at Branson and Bezos – but like it or not, the space travel era is here
3 years, 8 months ago

It’s easy to scoff at Branson and Bezos – but like it or not, the space travel era is here

The Independent  

So the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, bought himself a place in space. It was a few days later but also a little higher than our own Richard Branson’s effort, who also took his rocket to the upper atmosphere on the very day nobody was paying any attention, due to several major sporting events and a general sense of malaise …

Why are billionaires like Jeff Bezos launching themselves into a new space race?
3 years, 8 months ago

Why are billionaires like Jeff Bezos launching themselves into a new space race?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. His exploits also come nine days after Sir Richard Branson’s space travel venture Virgin Galactict took to …

Dream of becoming a space tourist? Here's how you can make it happen
3 years, 8 months ago

Dream of becoming a space tourist? Here's how you can make it happen

Firstpost  

First tickets sold by Virgin Galactic were sold for $200,000 to $250,000 each, but the cost for future sales will go up. Two companies are offering short “suborbital” hops of a few minutes: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, founded by Richard Branson. The first tickets sold by Virgin Galactic went for between $200,000 and $250,000 each, but the …

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Twitter to break down just how rich is Jeff Bezos
3 years, 8 months ago

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Twitter to break down just how rich is Jeff Bezos

Firstpost  

Tyson had also said that neither Branson nor Bezos actually went to space since it was just a suborbital flight. pic.twitter.com/jbNbWDwEhR — Neil deGrasse Tyson July 19, 2021 For the uninitiated, Bezos flew 106 km high, a little higher than the Karman line. Not that anybody asked, but laid end-to-end @JeffBezos' 200-Billion dollars can encircle Earth 180 times, then reach …

Space travel for the masses? Don’t be ridiculous
3 years, 8 months ago

Space travel for the masses? Don’t be ridiculous

Al Jazeera  

Space ‘tourism’ as performed by a pair of billionaires is, for now, merely an overpriced joyride for the ultra-rich. The journeys were heralded as marking a new era of “space tourism”, in which untrained people could become astronauts, a title previously reserved for highly trained professional scientists and pilots, to see the earth’s curvature and enjoy a few minutes of …

Progressive politicians blast Bezos for spaceflight and not paying taxes
3 years, 8 months ago

Progressive politicians blast Bezos for spaceflight and not paying taxes

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Progressive politicians such as Bernie Sanders, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, and Elizabeth …

Jeff Bezos blasts into space on own rocket: ‘Best day ever!’
3 years, 8 months ago

Jeff Bezos blasts into space on own rocket: ‘Best day ever!’

Associated Press  

VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. “Let’s hope that many, many more people can do this.” Four hours after their flight, Bezos drove his crew over to see the rocket that carried …

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went to space. What’s next?
3 years, 8 months ago

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went to space. What’s next?

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took a spin in their supersonic, suborbital rockets over the past two weeks, kicking off a new era of space travel in which billionaire-backed companies offer the high-flying excursions to anyone who can afford it. Bezos’ Blue Origin, which developed a 60-foot-tall vertically launched rocket, and Branson’s Virgin Galactic, …

Jeff Bezos space launch live: Latest updates after Amazon founder and Blue Origin crew land
3 years, 8 months ago

Jeff Bezos space launch live: Latest updates after Amazon founder and Blue Origin crew land

The Independent  

✕ Close Jeff Bezos launches himself into space on Blue Origin rocket Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jeff …

Jeff Bezos space flight: Amazon founder and Blue Origin safely shoots himself off Earth on his own rocket
3 years, 8 months ago

Jeff Bezos space flight: Amazon founder and Blue Origin safely shoots himself off Earth on his own rocket

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jeff Bezos has successfully shot himself into space onboard a rocket made by …

Best day ever, says Jeff Bezos after Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight returns safely to Earth
3 years, 8 months ago

Best day ever, says Jeff Bezos after Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight returns safely to Earth

Firstpost  

Named after America’s first astronaut, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket soared from remote West Texas on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing AN HORN, Texas: Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. Named after …

Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos reaches space on 1st passenger flight
3 years, 8 months ago

Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos reaches space on 1st passenger flight

The Hindu  

Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company's first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. Named after America's first astronaut, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket soared from remote West Texas on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a date chosen by Mr …

Jeff Bezos, world’s richest man, completes voyage to space on his Blue Origin rocket
3 years, 8 months ago

Jeff Bezos, world’s richest man, completes voyage to space on his Blue Origin rocket

Live Mint  

Jeff Bezos blasted off for an 11-minute ride on his company’s rocket, furthering a push to make space tourism viable and fulfilling a childhood dream to explore the heavens and completed the voyage well within time. "Our recovery team is headed out to meet Jeff, Mark, Wally, and Oliver for a celebration marking their return from space," tweeted rocket company …

Jeff Bezos Blasts Into Space With Travel Company Blue Origin
3 years, 8 months ago

Jeff Bezos Blasts Into Space With Travel Company Blue Origin

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING It’s mission accomplished for Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin, the billionaire Amazon founder’s space travel company that carried the oldest, the youngest and the richest humans to have ever flown in space. Blue Origin’s fully automated New Shepard rocket blasted off Tuesday from West Texas transporting Bezos, the world’s richest person; his brother Mark Bezos; aerospace pioneer …

Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight with Jeff Bezos and crew takes off; everything you need to know
3 years, 8 months ago

Blue Origin's first passenger spaceflight with Jeff Bezos and crew takes off; everything you need to know

Firstpost  

The all-civilian crew will include Bezos, his brother Mark; female pilot that NASA rejected for its astronaut program, Mary Wallace ‘Wally’ Funk and high school graduate Oliver Daemen. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” New Shepard Rocket The New Shepard rocket is Blue Origin’s reusable suborbital rocket named after NASA astronaut Alan Shepherd. All-civilian crew The all-civilian crew will include Bezos, …

Jeff Bezos Says He is 'Excited But Not Nervous' Ahead of Rocketing to Space
3 years, 8 months ago

Jeff Bezos Says He is 'Excited But Not Nervous' Ahead of Rocketing to Space

News 18  

Blue Origin founder and magnate Jeff Bezos, along with three other crew members, is set to launch for space in the spaceflight company’s New Shephard rocket at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, July 20. Hours before New Shepherd’s launch into space from West Texas, US, Bezos talked to Good Morning America about how he was feeling before his trip to space. …

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is ready to ride his own rocket to space
3 years, 8 months ago

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is ready to ride his own rocket to space

Live Mint  

The wealthiest man on the planet Jeff Bezos will ride his own rocket to outer space on Tuesday, a key moment for a fledgling industry seeking to make the final frontier accessible to elite tourists. Bezos, 57, founded Blue Origin in 2000 with the goal of one day building floating space colonies with artificial gravity where millions of people will …

Jeff Bezos and crew will launch on Blue Origin spacecraft on 20 July: How to watch live
3 years, 8 months ago

Jeff Bezos and crew will launch on Blue Origin spacecraft on 20 July: How to watch live

Firstpost  

While the live stream will begin 90 minutes before the launch, the spacecraft will launch at 6:30 pm IST. The billionaire will use his company’s Blue Origin New Shepard rocket and will be in space for a total of 11 minutes. Blue Origin’s Launch Site One is located in a remote location in the West Texas desert and will not …

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