The words of Jeff Bezos before his trip to space 2:23
New York (CNN Business) -
Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, is about to embark on a supersonic journey to the edge of space.
He will fly aboard New Shepard, a suborbital capsule and rocket system built by his space company Blue Origin.
He will also bring a few guests on this maiden voyage: his brother, Mark Bezos;
Wally Funk, 82-year-old pilot and one of the women from "Mercury 13";
and an 18-year-old recent high school graduate named Oliver Daemen, who will be the first paying customer aboard New Shepard.
Jeff Bezos will go into space for 11 minutes.
How risky is this?
The tour, which will last approximately 11 minutes from takeoff to landing, will begin from the Blue Origin facility in extremely remote terrain near Van Horn, Texas, which is about two hours from El Paso, on Tuesday, July 20 at 8 a.m. CT or 9 a.m. ET, weather permitting.
This is where Jeff Bezos will take off 3:18
The public will be able to see the whole thing on the Blue Origin live stream, which will begin airing at 6:30 am CT / 7:30 am ET.
Viewers can look forward to exterior shots of the rocket and capsule as it blasts off into the cosmos.
(Shots of the interior, and Bezos's facial expressions, won't be released until after the flight.)
CNN will also have journalists on the ground and a live blog.
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Blue Origin is also expected to host a post-flight press conference with Bezos and his fellow travelers.
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Here's a breakdown of all the important moments of the day (Note: T- indicates "time before takeoff." If all goes according to plan, "T" will be at 9am ET. If there are weather delays, the timeline below will remain, but "T" will change):
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T-90 minutes:
Internet broadcast begins
T-45 minutes:
Astronauts leave the Blue Origin training center for the launch pad
T-30 minutes:
Astronauts climb the launch tower. If everything is "ready", they will board the
T-
crew capsule
24 minutes:
The New Shepard capsule hatch will close
T0:
Takeoff
T + 3 minutes (approximately):
The capsule exceeds 62 miles altitude, a widely recognized limit of outer space
T + 4 minutes (approximately):
The capsule reaches the top of its flight path and passengers spend a few minutes in weightlessness
T + 8 minutes:
New Shepard's booster rocket lands on a nearby ground platform
T + 11 minutes:
New Shepard's crew capsule, with parachutes deployed, lands near
T + 22 minutes:
Hatch opens and astronauts disembark
T + 30 minutes :
Webcast ends
T + 2 hours (approximately):
Press conference with Bezos and other astronauts begins
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