August 29, 2024
'One of the cleanest flights I've seen.' Blue Origin
Blue Origin launched and landed its eighth suborbital space tourism mission this morning.
Blue Origin, which is run by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, sent the six-person NS-26 flight to space from its West Texas spaceport today. Liftoff occurred at 9:07 a.m. EDT (1307 GMT; 8:07 a.m. local Texas time). The flight reached a maximum altitude of around 341,000 feet (104,000 meters) before coming back for a touchdown in the West Texas dust around 9:19 a.m. EDT (1319 GMT or 8:19 a.m. local time).
As the crew stepped out of the RSS First Step capsule, they cheered to the friends and family gathered to watch their return. "I went to space!" screamed passenger Nicolina Elrick as she pumped her hands in the air as the first crewmember out.
West Texas spaceport of Blue Origin 25 miles outside of West Texas town Van Horn
Photo Credit: Image credit: Blue Origin via YouTube
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