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Blue Origin's third tourist flight into space

In the crew Laura Shepard, daughter of the first US astronaut

The third tourist flight in space operated by the private company Blue Origin owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos it's successfully completed. The New Shepard spacecraft had lifted off from a launch base in West Texas. This is the 13th space mission with astronauts completed this year, the first ever with a six-person crew aboard in suborbital flight. The astronauts included four paying customers and...

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Kent, United States, 12/13/2021 13:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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