(TAN): Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched its space tourism rocket from its West Texas test site to the edge of Earth’s atmosphere on October 13, marking the 13th test flight of New Shepard vehicle, which is yet to fly with humans on board.
During a webcast of the test flight, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said only that the company is “very close” to being able to fly humans.
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“Today’s flight was inspiring. Using New Shepard to simulate landing on the Moon is an exciting precursor to what the Artemis program will bring to America,” said Smith. “Thanks to NASA for partnering with us, and congrats to the Blue Origin team on taking another step toward returning to the Moon to stay.”
Blue Origin wants to eventually send paying customers on brief joy rides to the edge of space. The company has not yet started selling tickets.
