In space, an all-female team launched Blue Origin’s new Shepard rocket, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, founder of shopping giant Amazon.
“Earth looked so quiet. Quiet, but really alive,” said after landing, Larren Sanchez, one of the crew members and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée.
Bezos sent his fiancée and five other women into space: CBS anchor king Gael, former NASA rocket launcher, Civil Rights Movement activist Amanda Nguyen, Cina-Cerianne Flynn, and Old Shepherd News.” (15:30 in Kiev) from space in Texas and reached the so-called “Karman Line”-a recognised boundary of space located about 100 kilometres above the Earth’s surface. Delainer.
The flight lasted about 11 minutes, during the short time a state of weightlessness was on board.
The NS-31 mission was the 11th manned mission in 31. To date, 52 people have gone into space as part of the programme. As far as one seat for the new Shepard, the company has not disclosed.
Before the launch, a black woman was photographed for Elle, who was not without irony that this was the first time people had gone into space with makeup. “Space is finally going to be glamorous,” Sanchez added. Flying women into space has another objective, to maintain public interest in queer origins as competition in space tourism heats up.
Bezos’ main competitor here is Virgin Galactic, which offers similar suborbital flights. Glenn has successfully completed its first unmanned orbital flight. So far, Space X is noticeably ahead of its competitor, with Falcon 9 rockets launched 469 times. In contrast, Blue Origin has only made 31 successful launches of its new Shepard spacecraft.
Earlier this year, Blue Origin launched its larger new reusable rocket Glenn (named after John Glenn, the first American to visit Florida. The production and launch of two rockets, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Space
SpaceX and Blue Origin have already clashed in court, trying to split billions in government funding.
Musk’s opponents fear he is seeking to create a monopoly in the private space industry. Blue Origin is already starting to give SpaceX a potentially unfair competitive advantage in the space race.
All of which means today’s successful launch is worth a lot to Bezos. Richard Branson will fly the VSS Unity spacecraft in his company Virgin Galactic in July 2021. However, SpaceX founder Ilon Musk still has a journey to make.