{"id":29193,"date":"2025-05-31T15:18:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T15:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/blue-origin-launches-6-passengers-on-sub-orbital-trip-to-the-edge-of-space\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T15:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T15:18:41","slug":"blue-origin-launches-6-passengers-on-sub-orbital-trip-to-the-edge-of-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/blue-origin-launches-6-passengers-on-sub-orbital-trip-to-the-edge-of-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin launches 6 passengers on sub-orbital trip to the edge of space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>An international crew of four men and two women blasted off and rocketed to the edge of space Saturday, enjoying a few minutes of weightlessness and an out-of-this-world view before plunging back to Earth to wrap up Blue Origin&#8217;s twelfth <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/blue-origin-launch-sub-orbital-new-shepard-flights-in-wake-of-2022-mishap\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">New Shepard<\/a><\/span> passenger flight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was such an incredible ride, very moving, very spiritual,&#8221; Panamanian attorney Jaime Alem\u00e1n, a former ambassador to the United States, said after landing. &#8220;Even better than I ever imagined. I&#8217;ve been traveling, thanks to the gods, all my life, this was like the cherry on top of a cake. 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Seven minutes after liftoff, the rocket&#8217;s BE-3 engine re-ignited, four landing legs deployed and the booster settled to a picture-perfect touchdown on a landing pad near the launch site.<\/p>\n<p>The gumdrop-shaped New Shepard capsule took a more leisurely flight home, descending under three large parachutes to touchdown in the West Texas desert 10 minutes after liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You guys, we did it!&#8221; one of the passengers exclaimed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/31\/9148cdf8-80b8-415a-9b77-b85f80af0c10\/thumbnail\/620x349\/a25c468339bcbb0904f251456ccb0989\/053125-green.jpg?v=15603985a4508c8e7bc83d8e4e73c5d0#\" alt=\"053125-green.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/31\/9148cdf8-80b8-415a-9b77-b85f80af0c10\/thumbnail\/620x349\/a25c468339bcbb0904f251456ccb0989\/053125-green.jpg?v=15603985a4508c8e7bc83d8e4e73c5d0 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/31\/9148cdf8-80b8-415a-9b77-b85f80af0c10\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/fa42fc2625722dc934078f8fdfb6d9a3\/053125-green.jpg?v=15603985a4508c8e7bc83d8e4e73c5d0 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Passenger Gretchen Green celebrates her trip to space after touchdown in the West Texas desert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Blue Origin webcast<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blue Origin has now launched 12 passenger flights since the sub-orbital spacecraft carried Amazon- and<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/jeff-bezos-space-flight-date-time-live-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"> Blue Origin-founder Jeff Bezos and three others aloft in July 2021. <\/a><\/span>The company has now launched 68 passengers, including four who have flown twice.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin and its passengers do not reveal how much it costs to fly aboard a New Shepard, but it&#8217;s estimated to cost upwards of $500,000 per seat. Jorge&#8217;s seat was sponsored by Farmacias Similares, a Mexican company focused on accessible healthcare across Latin America. Her crewmates presumably paid for their own tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin has had the sub-orbital passenger market to itself since June 2024 when competitor<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/virgin-galactic-launching-space-tourist-flight\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"> Virgin Galactic,<\/a><\/span> founded by entrepreneur Richard Branson, retired its original rocketplane to focus on building two upgraded Delta-class spacecraft. 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