Richard Branson Jeff Bezos Mark Bezos Oliver Daemen Wally Funk Texas Inside blues Origin Richard Branson Jeff Bezos Mark Bezos Oliver Daemen Wally Funk Texas

Jeff Bezos Successfully Goes to Space on Blue Origin Flight

Reading now: 787
justjared.com

Jeff Bezos went to space! The 57-year-old Amazon founder, who is the richest man in the world, successfully blasted off on the Blue Origin space flight at 9:12 a.m.

ET on the New Shepard craft from Launch Site One in Texas. The flight lasted approximately 11 minutes. Click inside to read more… His brother Mark Bezos, pilot Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen, the youngest-ever person to go to space, were all on board.

The shuttle reached a suborbital height before separating, allowing them to be briefly weightless before coming down in their capsule under parachutes for a solid ground landing. Richard Branson took off a week before with Virgin Galactic. Jeff Bezos responded to critics saying he shouldn’t use his money to go to space.

Read more on justjared.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA