Blue Origin's NS-25 Launch: Historic Space Tourism Return with 90-Year-Old Astronaut Candidate Ed Dwight
May 20, 2024Blue Origin successfully launched its NS-25 mission, resuming space tourism after a nearly two-year break.
The flight included six passengers, among them 90-year-old Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate.
Passengers experienced weightlessness and viewed Earth from a maximum altitude of approximately 65.7 miles.
The mission concluded with a safe parachute-aided landing in Texas, just ten minutes after liftoff.
Blue Origin is positioning itself to compete with SpaceX's New Glenn rocket and has future plans to send humans to the moon for NASA.
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The Guardian • May 19, 2024
First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flightTechCrunch • May 19, 2024
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