Space
Bezos’ Blue Origin Resumes Space Tourism With Latest Launch
- Company has first crewed launch since 2022 midflight failure
- Blue Origin seen as future key strategic rival to SpaceX
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin LLC resumed sending tourists to space on Sunday, launching six private passengers on a short flight more than 60 miles above the Earth.
The passengers included Ed Dwight, a former Air Force captain who was selected as the first Black astronaut candidate in 1961 but never got to fly to space with NASA. “This was fabulous,” he said after emerging from the crew capsule after touchdown.