Blue Origin has not yet released its pricing, but its clientele is expected to be wealthy individuals.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will launch its first crew into space on July 20th, offering the winner of an online auction, the company announced on Wednesday.
The journey takes a total of ten minutes, of which four passengers spend over the Karman Line, which marks the recognized boundary between the earth’s atmosphere and space.
« We have perfected our ability to take off, land and repeat, » reads a video accompanying the announcement.
On July 20, #NewShepard will be its first astronaut crew into space to fly. We offer the winner of an online auction a seat on that first flight. Anyone can place an opening bid at https://t.co/6DpTdTxo36. # GradatimFerociterpic.twitter.com/jBMFYX7xHg
The reusable suborbital missile system was named after Alan Shepard, who was the first American in space sixty years ago on Wednesday.
New Shepard has successfully completed 15 unscrewed test runs carried out by at its facility in the Guadalupe Mountains in West Texas.
After take off, the capsule, which carries up to six crew members, separates from its booster and then spends four minutes at an altitude of more than 100 kilometers. During this time, the people on board are weightless and can watch the curvature of Earth from space.
The booster lands autonomously on a pad two miles from the launch site, and the capsule floats back to the surface with three large parachutes They slow down to about a mile per hour on landing.
Blue Origin announced that the bid would be closed on May 19th ahead of a live online auction on July 12th, when the winner was announced will be unsealed.
Proceeds will go to the corporate foundation Club for the Future, which aims to inspire future generations to careers in STEM.
Blue Origin has not yet published its awards, but is expected to Its clientele is mostly high net worth individuals.
Virgin Galactic, the company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, is currently developing a spaceship that will allow clients to take suborbital flights can be sent. Around 600 people have booked flights that cost between $ 200,000 and $ 250,000.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning orbital flights that would cost millions of dollars and send people much further into space.
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