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Added on the 13/10/2021 15:01:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
'Star Trek' actor William Shatner and his crewmates aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-18 flight to the edge of space enjoy zero gravity inside the capsule and are take in the view from outer space. IMAGES
Star Trek actor William Shatner and his crewmates Chris Boshuizen, Audrey Powers, and Glen de Vries blast off to space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket in Van Horn, Texas. IMAGES
Blue Origin successfully carried out a test of the escape system of its New Shephard rocket, in the west Texas desert on Wednesday. The spacecraft is intended for use by civilians wishing to travel to the edge of space.The system was devised to bring passengers safely back down to earth if a failure occurs inflight. Blue Origin is set to offer space tourism services by 2018.
Blue Origin, the company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, releases video showing its new rocket taking off and then landing safely in West Texas. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Japanese tourists, relatives, friends, and members of Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's team visit the launchpad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan where a Russian Soyuz rocket launch will send Maezawa and his production assistant Yozo Hirano to the International Space Station, marking Russia's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from privately held US companies. Their journey aboard the three-person Soyuz spacecraft piloted by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin will take just over six hours, capping a banner year that many have seen as a turning point for private space travel. IMAGES