First Manned Flight a Success for Blue Origin
Blue Origin had perfect conditions for its first manned flight Tuesday morning, as four passengers rocketed into space at 9:12 EST.
"You have a very happy crew up here, I want you to know."
Jeff Bezos
The New Shepard booster pushed the crew to an altitude of 351,210 feet, or 66.5 miles above the Earth, where they spent about 3 minutes at zero G before retu…
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