![]() Watch Live: First Human Flight Pre-Launch Mission Briefing If you are interested in securing your own window seat on a future New Shepard launch, sign up for updates on. You can also watch a full replay of today's flight and the post-flight press conference below. If you’d like to purchase a commemorative patch from today’s mission, head to the Blue Origin Shop. This was a big step forward for us and is only the beginning.”īlue Origin expects to fly two more crewed flights this year, with many more crewed flights planned for 2022. “I am so incredibly proud of Team Blue, their professionalism, and expertise in executing today’s flight. “Today was a monumental day for Blue Origin and human spaceflight,” said Bob Smith, CEO, Blue Origin. Jeff and Mark Bezos became the first siblings to ever fly in space together. New 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. Oliver 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. Wally Funk, 82, became the oldest person to fly in space. Upon landing, the astronauts were greeted by their families and Blue Origin’s ground operations team for a celebration in the West Texas desert. ![]() The crew included Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, who all officially became astronauts when they passed the Kármán Line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. Blue Origin successfully completed New Shepard’s first human flight today with four private citizens onboard. ![]()
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