This is how Bezos took off on the Blue Origin 3:37 rocket
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Ten minutes that made history: this was Jeff Bezos's trip to space aboard the New Shepard, from Blue Origin, while the world watched attentively.
A journey that also holds the record for the oldest person to have traveled to space, Wally Funk, and also the youngest, Oliver Daemen.
We saw them float in the capsule as they reached zero gravity and returned to our planet full of excitement.
Back on Earth, now it is the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that leave postcards to remember: an inauguration without an audience, this Friday, and athletes under the threat of covid-19.
In Latin America, videos of protests in Cuba continue to be known, despite Internet restrictions, and demonstrations of support in Miami continue.
Here are the most impressive videos of the week:
Jeff Bezos travels to space
Did you miss the live stream of Jeff Bezos' trip to space?
Do not worry, here are the best moments of the journey that lasted 10 minutes.
His company, Blue Origin, successfully completed its first manned mission, something that - according to Bezos - represents a big step for space tourism.
This was Bezos's 10-minute trip to space 2:20
In fact, we got to see Bezos and the rest of the Blue Origin crew floating and Skittles launching into space when they reached zero gravity.
These were the first images of the now astronauts aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule.
Bezos and his brother Mark saluted their mother, while the crew members spun in the capsule.
To test weightlessness, Sweet Skittles flew around and were caught by Oliver Daemen.
Watch Jeff Bezos and his crew float in space 1:30
And the moment of takeoff that could not be missed.
These are the images.
This is how Bezos took off on the Blue Origin 3:37 rocket
Upon their safe and smooth return to Earth, the crew left the capsule amid displays of joy and hugs.
Also, between a lot of champagne.
The Blue Origin suborbital tourist rocket reached more than three times the speed of sound and flew more than 100 km (62 miles) above Earth.
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Hugs and excitement, this is how Jeff Bezos returned to Earth 0:51
How did Jeff Bezos feel in the atmosphere?
Along with his brother, Mark Bezos, the Blue Origin founder spoke with CNN's Anderson Cooper after his historic flight into space in the New Shephard on Tuesday.
Amid the excitement, this is what they shared.
Bezos reveals the best part of going to space 2:52
The Olympics are here
The inauguration of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was held this Friday, in the middle of a stadium without an audience and under the shadow of the new coronavirus.
Listen to Elizabeth Pérez's report from Japan.
This is how the Olympic Games open 1:22
Hours before the event, the preparations for the ceremony were made, as usual, in the midst of total secrecy.
Elizabeth Pérez was in the surroundings of the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo moments before and tells us about the sports complex.
This is the Tokyo Olympic Stadium 1:18
Now, what does an Olympic city look like just before the start of the Games?
CNN's Will Ripley visited Tokyo from the air before the event officially kicked off.
Join us in the following video to see what some key buildings in the competition look like.
This is what Tokyo 2020 looks like from the air 2:26
The athletes stay at the Olympic Village in Tokyo and, through social networks, have shared what the facilities are like and what they do in their free time.
See what athletes do in the Olympic Village 2:00
Tension in Cuba: videos continue to be known
The tension in Cuba continued this week, while videos of protests were released despite Internet restrictions, denounced by opponents of the Government.
In some cases, CNN has not been able to verify the magnitude or the date of these demonstrations.
These are the images.
The struggle of Cubans to document the situation on the island 2:09
In Miami, support for people protesting on the island continues.
Many people from the Venezuelan community took to the streets of Florida in solidarity with the protests a week ago in Cuba.
Gustavo Valdés shows us how the fight is lived from Miami and Pembroke Pines.
Venezuelans in Miami join the demonstration for Cuba 3:46
And this Thursday, the Biden Government took the first significant measure in relation to the protests on the island by sanctioning the Cuban Defense Minister, General Álvaro López Miera and the Black Berets, for what it indicates are human rights abuses. after the historic protests on the island.
Bruno Rodríguez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, rejected the measure and classified the sanctions as "unfounded and slanderous."
Biden sanctions the Cuban regime and the Black Berets 2:24
China launches a new ultra-fast train
China introduced the new high-speed maglev train, which reaches up to 600 kilometers per hour.
This makes it, according to the developers, the fastest land transport available globally.
See what the new superfast train looks like.
This super-fast train in China can reach 600 km / h 1:03
They escape a landslide ... for very little
A security camera recorded the moment a family fled their home to escape a mudslide in Turkey.
The country's state media reported that the people who lived there are safe.
This video shows how they escaped for just seconds.
They manage to escape mudslide, just for seconds 1:07
Editor's recommendation: they found out they had the same boyfriend and decided to travel together
What would you do if you discover that your boyfriend is unfaithful and is the partner of two other women?
Bekah King, Abi Roberts and Morgan Tabor realized that they all had the same boyfriend.
Rather than succumb to their sadness, the three young women said they quit, saved money to buy and renovate a school bus, and are now enjoying a trip together.
Listen to his story.
What 3 women did when they found out they shared a boyfriend 1:20
Jeff Bezos Tokyo 2020
