![]() recognises 50 miles/80 kilometres as space, so the distinction is arguably a mere detail. Neither can be considered “best,” though while Virgin Galactic reached an altitude of 53.5 miles/86.1 kilometers last week, Blue Origin is aiming for the Kármán Line that some think truly separates Earth and space, which is a little higher at 62 miles/100km up. ![]() Virgin Galactic’s offering is a supersonic space plane called VSS Unity that detaches from a mothership at 52,000 feet, burns its rocket engine for one minute to reach space at Mach 3, then glides back to land on a runway. Aside from the glossy interior and large windows of the capsule-and the fact that the rocket is reusable and lands back on the launchpad-it’s not much different to how Alan Shepherd, the first American in space, reached space in 1961. The two most famous space tourism offerings are very different.īlue Origin’s New Shepherd is a rocket that fires a capsule into space, which then parachutes down. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.Blue Origin's Crew Capsule descends by parachute from space. Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. ![]() Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account If there are weather delays, the timeline below will hold, but the “T” will change.): Here’s a breakdown of all the important moments of the day (Note: T- indicates “time before liftoff.” If all goes to plan, “T” will be 9 a.m. (Shots of the interior - and Bezos’ facial expressions - won’t be released until after the flight.)ĬNN Business will also have reporters on the ground and a live blog up and running Tuesday morning ( here) that will also carry a feed of the livestream.īlue Origin is also expected to host a post-flight press briefing with Bezos and his fellow passengers. Viewers can expect exterior shots of the rocket and capsule as it shoots up toward the cosmos. The public will be able to watch the whole thing go down on Blue Origin’s livestream - which will begin rolling at 6:30 a.m. The excursion, which will last about 11 minutes from takeoff to landing, will kick off from Blue Origin’s facilities at an extremely remote plot of land near Van Horn, Texas, which is about two hours from El Paso, on Tuesday July 20 at 8 a.m. He’s also bringing along a few guests on this inaugural journey - his brother, Mark Bezos Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pilot and one of the “Mercury 13” women and an 18-year old recent high school graduate named Oliver Daemen, who will be the first paying customer aboard New Shepard. He’ll be flying aboard New Shepard, a suborbital capsule and rocket system built by his space company Blue Origin. ![]() Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, is about to launch himself on a supersonic joyride to the edge of space.
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