Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket New Shepard has returned safely after touching space with four passengers.
New history created in the direction of space travel
New Shepherd returned after traveling 100 km
Breakthrough for space tourism
Texas: New history has been made in the direction of space travel. Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin’s rocket New Shepard has left for space travel with four passengers. It was launched on July 20 i.e. today at 6.45 pm from Blue Origin Launch Site One in West Texas.
Breakthrough for space tourism
The four astronauts in the capsule were given a feeling of zero gravity. The team returned safely at 6.52 pm. Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos, along with three others, went into space today. The spacecraft ‘New Shepard’ of his company Blue Origin reached an altitude of 100 km above the Earth carrying all the four passengers. The 11-minute voyage test is seen as pivotal to future space tourism proposed by his company.
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In New Shepherd, Jeff was accompanied by his brother Mark, former pilot Wally Funk, 82, and Oliver, 18. The space mission was sent today at 6:30 pm Indian time. The special thing is that on July 11, Virgin Galactic, the company of British billionaire Richard Branson, conducted a similar successful test, it was the first time for space travel by a private company. Spacecraft New Shepherd It got its name from the 1961 astronaut Alan Shepherd.
pilotless vehicle
None of the passengers of the New Shepherd vehicle was in the role of a pilot. For this, a control room was built on the earth itself. The vehicle is compatible with six passengers, but only four made the journey. Large windows have been installed in it so that passengers can get a better view of the launch and the Earth from space.
India’s daughter gave ‘Udaan’
When Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos went on a space walk, the name of India’s daughter was also recorded forever among those who made this flight a reality. The promising Sanjal Gawande, who grew up in Kalyan, Maharashtra, has played a key role in the team that developed Bezos’ Blue Origin company’s sub-orbital rocket ‘New Shepherd’.
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