Blue Origin completes its third manned spaceflight, sending six passengers into space

Source: Sina Technology

Blue Origin, a space exploration technology company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has reportedly just successfully completed its third manned spaceflight mission, sending six members into space.

At 23:01 Beijing time tonight, the "New Shepard" rocket was launched from the Launch Site One launch site of Blue Origin in Texas, sending six members into space. The whole process lasted about 11 minutes, and after 8 minutes of launch, the rocket thrusters returned smoothly. About 10 minutes after the launch, the capsule also landed successfully with six passengers.

The launch mission, known as the NS-19 mission, is also Blue Origin's third manned space mission. Unlike the previous two times when it carried only four members, this time it was the first time to carry six members, including two honored guests and four paying customers.

The four paying customers are space industry entrepreneur and philanthropist Dylan Taylor, investor Evan Dick, venture capital firm Bess venture capital firm Bess founder Lane Bess, and Beth's child, Cameron Bess. The two honored guests were Michael Strahan, co-host of Good Morning America, and Laura Shepard Churchle, daughter of American astronaut Alan Shepard.

The mission was originally scheduled to launch on December 9, local time, but was postponed to this day due to weather reasons. This time, like the previous two layoff flights, this time the suborbital mission took crew members across the so-called "Carmen Line" (100 kilometers from Earth, which some international aerospace experts believe is the threshold for entry into space) for about 11 minutes.

On July 20, Blue Origin conducted its first manned spaceflight, sending four passengers into space: Bezos, Bezos's younger brother Mark Bezos, Wally Funk, 82, and Oliver Damen, an 18-year-old high school graduate.

On October 13, Blue Origin conducted its second manned spaceflight, carrying four passengers: William Shatner, Aubrey Powers, Chris Boshuizen and Glenn Boshuizen. Glen de Vries.

According to the plan, after the completion of this manned launch mission, Blue Origin has completed three manned launch missions this year. Next year, Blue Origin will have more than six manned launch missions. After that, it's expected to hit a bi-weekly pace soon.