{"id":125409,"date":"2021-07-20T14:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T21:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytide.com\/?p=10539"},"modified":"2021-07-20T14:55:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T21:55:13","slug":"blue-origin-safely-launches-four-commercial-astronauts-to-space-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=125409","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin Safely Launches Four Commercial Astronauts to Space and Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Van Horn, TX&#8230;Blue Origin successfully completed New Shepard\u2019s first human flight today with four private citizens onboard. The crew included Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, who all officially became astronauts when they passed the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. Upon landing, the astronauts were greeted by their families and Blue Origin\u2019s ground operations team for a celebration in the West Texas desert.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1097\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tMHhXzpwupU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A Historic Mission<\/p>\n<p>Wally Funk, 82, became the oldest person to fly in space.<br \/>\nOliver Daemen, 18, was the first ever commercial astronaut to purchase a ticket and fly to space on a privately-funded and licensed space vehicle from a private launch site. He also became the youngest person to fly in space.<br \/>\nNew Shepard became the first commercial vehicle under a suborbital reusable launch vehicle license to fly paying customers, both payloads and astronauts, to space and back.<br \/>\nJeff and Mark Bezos became the first siblings to ever fly in space together.<br \/>\n\u201cToday was a monumental day for Blue Origin and human spaceflight,\u201d said Bob Smith, CEO, Blue Origin. \u201cI am so incredibly proud of Team Blue, their professionalism, and expertise in executing today\u2019s flight. This was a big step forward for us and is only the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin expects to fly two more crewed flights this year, with many more crewed flights planned for 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Horn, TX&#8230;Blue Origin successfully completed New Shepard\u2019s first human flight today with four private citizens onboard. The crew included Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, who all officially became astronauts when they passed the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. 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