Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, has successfully completed another test launch of its space tourism rocket
The rocket, which did not have a crew on board, took off from a test site in rural Texas early Thursday. This mission was carrying 38 research payloads, including an experiment that will test a treatment for collapsed lungs and a student-led experiment to test temperature changes in microgravity. It marked the 11th uncrewed test of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, and it could be one of the last before the company starts selling tickets and sending its first customers to space.
— Blue Origin May 1, 2019 Blue Origin wants to eventually send passengers straight up to more than 62 miles above Earth, which is the line frequently used to define the beginning of outer space. The people will experience a few minutes of weightlessness before the capsule begins its descent. But the company, which has kept much of its development progress under wraps, has not started selling tickets, nor has it announced a price point.
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