Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin Crew Go to Space

Today is the day that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and three other passengers of the Blue Origin went to space. It's another history for humans, and it's also different from Richard Branson's space travel aboard the Virgin Galactic aircraft earlier this month.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his crew members float in space on July 20, 2021. (Photo Courtesy of Blue Origin's Twitter)

Bezos was with his brother Mark, 82-year-old pioneering female aviator Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen, Their journey to space was different from Branson's space travel because of the following reasons:

• July 20 is the date of the moon landing,

• It's called the first human flight in history,

• Blue Origin's New Shepard flight took the crew past the Karman Line, which is known as the space boundary, and

• Bezos and his crewmates came back on Earth in a capsule.

Here are some of the photos from space as shared by Blue Origin's official Twitter handle.

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The good thing about this is that technology makes it possible for everyone to watch their experience from a laptop or any device.

So what is next? We all know that there is another billionaire who is also capable of going to space.

I am talking about SpaceX head Elon Musk, who has sent astronauts to the International Space Station.

Reports say that he has deposited $10,000 for a future flight of Branson's Virgin Galactic, but when will it happen? I will be waiting for that time.

Talk to you soon.

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