The mission was delayed by nearly an hour as crews at the launch pad worked to ensure that the rocket was ready for flight.
“I’m going to see the vastness of space and the extraordinary miracle of our Earth and how fragile it is compared to the forces at work in the universe — that’s really what I’m looking for," he said.inaugural flight in JulyThe New Shepard rocket and capsule are designed for suborbital jaunts, which don't actually enter into orbit around Earth but rather fly to the edge of space, at an altitude of more than 65 miles, where passengers can experience around four minutes of weightlessness.
After reaching a peak altitude of 351,000 feet, the craft then descended under parachutes and landed again in the Texas desert.Shatner's expedition was the latest in what has been a recent flurry of space tourism flights. Nine days before Bezos flew to the edge of space, British billionaire, riding aboard a rocket-powered vehicle developed by his own space tourism company, Virgin Galactic.
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