Zoom News : Jul 21, 2021, 07:16 AM
Texas: New history has been made in the direction of space travel. Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin's rocket New Shepard has left for space travel with four passengers. It was launched on July 20 i.e. today at 6.45 pm from Blue Origin Launch Site One in West Texas.
Breakthrough for space tourismThe four astronauts in the capsule were given a feeling of zero gravity. The team returned safely at 6.52 pm. Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos, along with three others, walked into space today. The spacecraft 'New Shepard' of his company Blue Origin reached an altitude of 100 kilometers above the Earth carrying all the four passengers. The 11-minute voyage test is seen as pivotal to future space tourism proposed by his company.
be involvedIn New Shepherd, Jeff was accompanied by his brother Mark, former pilot Wally Funk, 82, and Oliver, 18. The space mission was sent today at 6:30 pm Indian time. The special thing is that on July 11, Virgin Galactic, the company of British billionaire Richard Branson, conducted such a successful test, it was the first time for space travel by a private company. The spacecraft New Shepherd got its name from the 1961 astronaut Alan Shepherd.
pilotless vehicleNone of the passengers of the New Shepherd plane was in the role of a pilot. For this, a control room was built on the earth itself. The vehicle is fit for six passengers, but only four made the journey. It has been fitted with large windows so that passengers can get a better view of the launch and the Earth from space.India's daughter gave 'Udaan'When Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos went on a space walk, the name of India's daughter was also recorded forever among those who made this flight a reality. Growing up in Kalyan, Maharashtra, the promising Sanjal Gawande has played a key role in the team that built the New Shepherd sub-orbital rocket of Bezos's Blue Origin company.
Breakthrough for space tourismThe four astronauts in the capsule were given a feeling of zero gravity. The team returned safely at 6.52 pm. Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos, along with three others, walked into space today. The spacecraft 'New Shepard' of his company Blue Origin reached an altitude of 100 kilometers above the Earth carrying all the four passengers. The 11-minute voyage test is seen as pivotal to future space tourism proposed by his company.
be involvedIn New Shepherd, Jeff was accompanied by his brother Mark, former pilot Wally Funk, 82, and Oliver, 18. The space mission was sent today at 6:30 pm Indian time. The special thing is that on July 11, Virgin Galactic, the company of British billionaire Richard Branson, conducted such a successful test, it was the first time for space travel by a private company. The spacecraft New Shepherd got its name from the 1961 astronaut Alan Shepherd.
pilotless vehicleNone of the passengers of the New Shepherd plane was in the role of a pilot. For this, a control room was built on the earth itself. The vehicle is fit for six passengers, but only four made the journey. It has been fitted with large windows so that passengers can get a better view of the launch and the Earth from space.India's daughter gave 'Udaan'When Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos went on a space walk, the name of India's daughter was also recorded forever among those who made this flight a reality. Growing up in Kalyan, Maharashtra, the promising Sanjal Gawande has played a key role in the team that built the New Shepherd sub-orbital rocket of Bezos's Blue Origin company.