All About Jeff Bezos’s 11-Minutes Dream Space Adventure

Another Billionaire is going to space soon after the space trip of Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson. Jeff Bezos's space trip in New Shepard has also got green signals from the federal aviation administration of the US.

About Blue Origin’s Space Craft- New Shephard

New Shepard is different from than Space Ship of Virgin Galactic in several ways.

1. Landing mode- the plan lands vertically whereas the VSS unity spaceplane lands similar to an airplane.
2. Altitude- The two also have a difference in height up to they can reach. New Shephard can go up to 327,360 feet above the ground whereas the top altitude of VSS Unity is 293,000 feet.
3. Capacity- Blue Origin's spacecraft is a 6 passenger craft with no crew space. On the other hand, VSS unity has 2 crew and 4 passenger spaces.

Learn more about the two spacecraft in this infographic shared by the company.

From the beginning, New Shepard was designed to fly above the Kármán line so none of our astronauts have an asterisk next to their name. For 96% of the world’s population, space begins 100 km up at the internationally recognized Kármán line. pic.twitter.com/QRoufBIrUJ

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) July 9, 2021

Crew Members of Jeff Bezos Space Trip

The world’s richest person has decided to make other’s dream to space comes true. Here is who all will be joining him?

Mark Bezos

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Wally Funk

The first female FAA from America, Wally Funk will be the oldest crew member on the New Shepard mission. She is 82 and has trained around 3000 people in her career. Wally is also the first woman safety investigator in FAA.

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How Long Will Be Jeff’s Space Trip?

The suborbital New Shepard rocket will take passengers on the journey from the West Texas desert. The countdown will begin at 9 am ET depending upon the conditions of weather. Crew members will be in space for 11 minutes.

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All eyes are on Jeff Bezos's space trip that will begin on 20th July 2021.