A brief but notable trip.
On Tuesday, billionaire Jeff Bezos and 3 crew members took flight on Blue Origin’s first crewed mission to space.
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It was another historic event for private space travel. Earlier this month, billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson launched his first crewed flight onboard VSS Unity.
It was a quick journey. Takeoff, until the time the capsule holding New Shepard’s passengers touched the ground, took about 10 minutes and 20 seconds.
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1. Aviator Wally Funk, who was on board with Bezos, officially became the oldest person to go to space at 82 years old. Here’s the moment where she and Bezos stepped out of the capsule.
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