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Are Sir Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos astronauts? Though both billionaires flew to at least the edge of space, they may not qualify for official astronaut wings. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released revised rules for its Commercial Sp… Continue reading Revised FAA rules put Branson and Bezos’ astronaut wings in doubt
Blue Origin has nailed the first human flight of New Shepard, taking company founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, 82-year-old Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen on a brief jaunt to space.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTag… Continue reading Blue Origin’s New Shepard flies passengers to space and back
Blue Origin announced today that the fourth and final passenger on the first human flight of New Shepard is 18-year-old Oliver Daemen. Replacing the anonymous auction bidder who won the seat, Daemen will be the youngest person ever to fly into space.Co… Continue reading Blue Origin New Shepard to carry youngest person ever to fly into space
Blue Origin announced today that the fourth and final passenger on the first human flight of New Shepard is 18-year-old Oliver Daemen. Replacing the anonymous auction bidder who won the seat, Daemen will be the youngest person ever to fly into space.Co… Continue reading Blue Origin New Shepard to carry youngest person ever to fly into space
Blue Origin has announced that 82-year-old space pioneer Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk will fill the fourth seat on New Shepard’s first passenger flight on July 20, 2021. A participant in the 1960s Woman in Space program, she will be the oldest person to e… Continue reading 82-year-old Mercury 13 member to go on first New Shepard flight
The first paying seat on Blue Origin’s initial New Shepard passenger flight into space has sold at auction for an eye-watering US$28 million. The telephone auction of qualified bidders was conducted on June 12 by RR Auction in Boston, Massachusetts and… Continue reading First passenger seat on Blue Origin’s New Shepard sells for $28 million
Jeff Bezos has announced that he and his brother Mark will be aboard the first passenger-carrying Blue Origin flight on July 20, joining the winner of the continuing auction for the first paid seat, which now stands at US$2.8 million. If all runs to pl… Continue reading Jeff Bezos and his brother to be on first Blue Origin passenger flight
After receiving 5,200 bids from 136 countries, Blue Origin has announced the result of the first round of bidding for the first passenger seat on its New Shepard reusable space vehicle. The highest sealed bid for the first flight, scheduled to fly on J… Continue reading First round of bidding for seat on New Shepard reaches US$1.4 million
Blue Origin has opened the first round of bidding for the first passenger seat on its suborbital New Shepard reusable, Vertical Takeoff, Vertical Landing (​VTVL) space vehicle, which is scheduled to fly on July 20, 2021.Continue ReadingCategory: Space,… Continue reading Blue Origin opens bidding for seat on its first crewed flight to space
Blue Origin came a step closer to crewed flights today as ground personnel stood in for astronauts during the 15th New Shepard suborbital space mission. Before the NS-15 mission lifted off, the “astronauts” carried out preflight capsule procedures and … Continue reading Blue Origin rehearses for passengers during latest capsule test flight