Jeff Bezos hugged his parents Jackie and Mike as he exited the cabin, and the four adventurers were greeted with cheers and champagne from family and friends. Shortly after the soft landing, a voice that appeared to be Jeff Bezos could be heard saying: “Best day ever.”Īsked by mission control how he was, his brother Mark said: “I am unbelievably good.” The booster that blasted the group of four into space before separating successfully landed back on Earth shortly after lift-off. #GradatimFerociter #NSFirstHumanFlightĪstronauts experienced three to four minutes of zero gravity and travelled above the Karman Line, which is considered to be the boundary of space.Īfter the launch the crew could be heard cheering and shouting “woohoo”. This first astronaut crew wrote themselves into the history books of space, opening the door through which many after will pass. The flight lasted about 11 minutes from launch to capsule landing.Ĭongratulations to all of Team Blue past and present on reaching this historic moment in spaceflight history. The point of the A was topped with a small blue sapphire as a symbol of Earth.
“And when you go into space and see how fragile it is you’ll want to take care of it even more.”Īfter the flight, the crew were each presented with a pin in the shape of the letter A, made up of the road to space representing the two side arms, and a feather – Blue Origin’s symbol – making up the cross bar. “This is the only good one, I promise you, and we have to take care of it. This is the most, is the only good planet, in the solar system. Key Mission Stats from #NSFirstHumanFlight:Ĭrew capsule apogee: 347,563 ft AGL / 351,210 ft MSL (105 km AGL / 107 km MSL)īooster apogee: 347,188 ft AGL / 350,835 ft MSL (105 km AGL / 106 km MSL) The Amazon founder said: “We’re going to build a road space, so that our kids and their kids can build the future, and we need to do that, we need to do that to solve the problems here on Earth. He said how fragile the atmosphere of Earth looked, adding: “We are damaging it.”
JEFF BEZOS ROCKET RETURN FULL
“It’s actually much nicer than being in full one gravity.” “It felt like, almost like we were as humans evolved to be in that environment, which I know is impossible, but it felt so serene and peaceful and the floating. “The zero Gs may have been one of the biggest surprises, because it felt so normal. My expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded.
Speaking about the flight, Mr Bezos said: “Oh my God. Here’s the full replay of today’s historic #NSFirstHumanFlight: He added: “Thank you from the bottom of my heart, very much. He also thanked every Amazon employee and customer, saying “you guys paid for all of this”. Speaking at the event, he thanked all the engineers at Blue Origin, saying the crew owed them a “deep gratitude”. The crew members also took a number of historic items with them, including the goggles Amelia Earhart used to fly across the Atlantic and a brass medal made from the first hot air balloon which flew in 1783 – the first time humans left Earth in control of flight.ĭuring a post-flight press conference Jeff Bezos presented his mother with a feather necklace he wore on the flight. She took on board a postcard of herself standing in front of the American flag, having promised to take a picture with it and Earth in the background.
Ms Funk and Mr Daemen are the oldest and youngest people to fly into space respectively.
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