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Jeff Bezos' journey into space, in pictures

2021-07-21T02:29:01.298Z


The tycoon, his brother Mark, the pioneer Wally Funk and the young Oliver Daemen reach space and return to Earth in less than 15 minutes


  • 1The Blue Origin ship, Jeff Bezos's company, completed a flight of just over 10 minutes this Tuesday, but it will serve to fulfill its personal and commercial objective: to travel into space with its own ship.

    In the image, the moment of the launch of the New Shepard rocket from Van Horn, Texas.

    BLUE ORIGIN via REUTERS

  • 2Jeff Bezos floats inside the ship, without a diving suit, since it is pressurized like a conventional airplane.

    "The best day of my life," said the Amazon founder upon returning to Earth.

    Blue Origin via AFP

  • 3This flight involves several anecdotal records.

    Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pilot, becomes the oldest person to fly into space.

    For his part, the 18-year-old Daemen, the son of a rich Dutchman, makes him the youngest astronaut in history.

    And the Bezos are the first siblings to meet in space.

    HANDOUT AFP

  • 4The launch is not a great milestone in the history of astronautics, but it is certainly an important step in the field of space tourism: it was the first unmanned flight with a totally civilian crew.

    In the picture, residents of Van Horn watch the show in a screening room.

    PAUL RATJE REUTERS

  • 5A group of people watch the launch moment from Van Horn.

    This is the first trip of the Blue Origin company with a space tourist who has paid for his seat.

    Young Daemen's father was the second-highest bidder at the auction Bezos launched to find his first flight mate.

    THOM BAUR REUTERS

  • 6 Billionaire Jeff Bezos and pioneering aviator Wally Funk celebrate the success of the flight after landing.

    The rocket propelled the capsule up to 106 kilometers, above the line that marks the international beginning of space.

    BLUE ORIGIN via REUTERS

  • 7The rocket that propelled the cabin in which the Bezos brothers, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen were traveling into space returns to the launch point of the ship.

    Blue Origin via AP

  • 8The expectation generated by the launch has reached several cities in the country.

    In the image, a group of people watch the moment on a giant screen in Times Square.

    JEENAH MOON REUTERS

  • The New Shepard has important comforts: the cabin space is double that of the Apollo capsule with which it was traveled to the Moon.

    In addition, it has six comfortable seats for two passengers, although this time only four have been occupied.

    AFP

  • 10The capsule deployed a large triple column of parachutes to slow its fall to the ground, while the rocket boosted its engines again to achieve a clean vertical landing.

    A complete success.

    Tony Gutierrez AP

Source: elparis

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