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– The ship is named after Alan Shepard, the first American to make a suborbital flight in 1961.
US billionaire Jeff Bezos has announced that his dream of flying into space with the New Shepard spacecraft will come true on July 20 (New Shepard) of his company “Blue Origin”. His younger brother Mark Bezos will travel with him.
On site the company’s internet continues to auction for a third astronaut on this flight. So far, about 6,000 people from 143 countries have participated, and the highest bid is $ 2.8 million.
“I have been dreaming of a space flight since I was 5 years old. On July 20, I will go on such a journey with my brother. The biggest adventure with my best friend,” he wrote in “Instagram”.
“Seeing the Earth from space means changing, changing your attitude towards the planet, towards humanity. We have one Earth. I want to fly into space because I have dreamed about it all my life,” he added.
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– A mannequin was used to simulate an astronaut’s flight in a capsule with unusually large portholes.
The flight at the end of July is planned for 6 people and will be piloted for the first time. Automatic flights over 100 km altitude – the border where space is believed to begin – have been made with this ship 15 times.
According to various estimates, Bezos is among the richest people – or the richest man – on the planet with a personal fortune between 187 billion (Bloomberg) and 191.5 billion (Forbes) dollars.
