by An international crew of four men and two women blew up and shot to the brink of space on Saturday. He enjoyed a few minutes more serious and a view of the world before falling back to Earth to miss the twelfth blue origin New shepard Passenger flight.
“It was an incredible journey, very moving, very spiritual,” said Panamaic lawyer Jaime Alemán, a former ambassador in the USA, after landing. “Even better than I have ever imagined. Thanks to the gods all my life. This was like the cherry on a cake. I mean to go into space and see how big it is, you can only imagine how much more there is to discover.”
The new Shepard rocket and the crew capsule descend from the starting point of Blue Origin on the 12th Crewed Sub-orbital Space Flight of the company. / Credit: Blue Origin Webcast
Blue Origin’s one-tier booster from hydrogen, which was brought to life at 9:39 a.m., quickly rose from the company’s starting point and accelerated to a little more than 2,000 miles per hour before releasing the new Shepard spaceship.
The crew capsule, which was equipped with the largest windows of any operational spaceship, continued up to a height of almost 65 miles directly above the internationally recognized border between the recognizable atmosphere and the space before it starts with the descent to landing.
The moment the capsule was released, his three American passengers – Aymette Medina Jorge, Gretchen Green and Paul Jeris – together with Alemán, Canadian Jesse Williams and Mark Rockets New Zealand began to enjoy about three minutes of the gauge when they let up.
The new one -tier rocket from Shepard flew back to land near his start pad to maintain the renovation and work to prepare the vehicle for his next flight. / Credit: Blue Origin Webcast
The reusable new shepard booster also continued upwards before he slowed down and began when he first descends on the tail. Seven minutes after the upswing, the BE 3 engine of the rocket was again aligned, four lines were stationed and the booster campaigned with a visible touchdown on a landing pad near the starting site.
The gumdrop-shaped new shepard capsule took home more leisurely and increased 10 minutes after the upswing under three large parachutes to the touchdown in the western texas desert.
“You people, we did it!” One of the passengers called out.
The passenger Green celebrates their journey into space after the touchdown in the West Texas desert. / Credit: Blue Origin Webcast
Blue Origin has now launched 12 passenger flights since the Suborbital spaceship Blue Origin Faced Jeff Bezos and three more in the air in July 2021. The company has now introduced 68 passengers, including four who flew twice.
Blue Origin and his passengers do not show how much it costs to fly on board a new shepards, but it is estimated that it costs more than 500,000 US dollars per seat. Jorge’s Seat was sponsored by Farmacias Sailess, a Mexican company that focuses on accessible health care throughout Latin America. Her crew members probably paid their own tickets.
Blue Origin has left the Suborbital passenger market as a competitor for itself since June 2024 Virgin galactic, The rocket tarpaulin founded by entrepreneur Richard Branson in order to focus on the construction of two improved Delta class. Virgin is expected to resume flights again next year.
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