Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches six tourists to edge of space after two-year pause
by Katie Hawkinson
May 19, 2024
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched six tourists, including the first Black man to train as an astronaut, to the edge of space.
The 11-minute suborbital flight lifted off from Blue Origin’s base in West Texas just after 9.30am local time on Sunday morning, launching the passengers into zero gravity so they could experience weightlessness and view the Earth’s horizon.
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