Jeff Bezos will be one of the passengers on the first manned space launch of his space company Blue Origin on July 20th. The Amazon founder announced the news via his Instagram on Monday morning, revealing that his brother Mark will also be joining Horseback Riding. Bezos and his brother will join the winner of an online auction Blue Origin is currently running, which currently has the highest bid for that space at $ 2.8 million.
The launch of the suborbital, reusable New Shepard Blue Origin’s rocket on July 20 will be the first time it has flown with humans on board. It is unusual for a company to make its first manned spaceflight on a mission with a paying passenger, and now we know it will also carry one of the richest people in the world, another bold choice for a first human flight. Virgin Galactic, on the other hand, flew into space several times with test pilots and astronauts before its upcoming trip with Sir Richard Branson. Elon Musk has never flown a SpaceX launch either, although in the past he has suggested flying one of his company’s vehicles at some point.
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However, Blue Origins New Shepard has flown many times without humans and, except for the first flight where the reusable booster was lost, had a complete success on each of these 15 missions, including landing the booster (except the first time ). and recovery of the capsule (for all launches). The New Shepard rocket does not fly to orbit, but flies to the edge of space, where passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness and an unbeatable view of the earth through the many windows of the capsules before they return to a parachute-assisted returning landing on the ground in Texas near the Blue Origin launch site.
The auction for Blue Origin’s first paying customer seat is currently at $ 2.8 million and has been going on for some time after the price of $ 1 , $ 4 million was raised when Blue Origin opened unsealed bids on May 19. The final phase of the auction, scheduled for June 12, will include live online bidding from remaining participants increasing their existing bid to match the high bid.
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