Blue Origin employs thousands across several states and campuses. Bezos launched a much quicker trip to space in what the world's richest man hopes will be a lucrative business. Tuesday's flight marked the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
"Best day ever," Jeff Bezos said after touchdown, greeted by a sea of cheering Blue Origin employees and others at the company's campus. The capsule containing the astronauts landed with parachutes and a "cushion of air" created by retrorockets a little more than 10 minutes after liftoff. The booster rocket touched down smoothly, a vertical landing about seven minutes after liftoff. The New Shepard provided large windows to enjoy the view, and the crew was treated to three or four minutes of weightlessness. "Happy, happy, happy!" Jeff Bezos said from space. VAN HORN, Texas – Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin rocket crew realized dreams and made history Tuesday, blasting off from the West Texas desert, reaching space and returning to Earth in a smooth parachute landing minutes later.
Blue Origin intends to send tourists past the so-called Karman line.
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