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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Company shot a capsule higher in space than ever before.
The New Shepard rocket took off from West Texas during the company 's last flight test.
Once the thruster separated, the exhaust engine of the capsule fired, lifting the spacecraft at an altitude of 389.846ft – or 74 miles.
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Skywalker model, a pbadenger from Wednesday. instrumented dummy in a combination of blue flight that flew before, plus scientific experiments.
The booster and capsule – both recurring flyers – landed successfully. It was the ninth test flight and lasted 11 minutes.
"Crew Capsule is superb even after being pushed hard by the leak test. The astronauts would have had an exhilarating ride and a safe landing, "said Bezos in a tweet
Space tourism has always been on the horizon for Bezos and company
The New Shepard is a reusable launch system that would aim to fly six people 62 miles above the orbit terrestrial in the suborbital space.
He would be high enough to experience weightlessness for a few minutes and parachute back to Earth.
He named his rockets after the original astronauts of NASA, Mercury, Alan Shepard, the first American in space
Blue Origin has not yet officially announced when it will start selling tickets or how much will cost the flight.
However, according to a recent report, Blue Origin plans to charge approximately $ 200,000 (£ 154,000) for $ 300,000 (£ 231,000) per ticket.
Blue Origin stated that its space tourism offering would come into action next year, although the company has not yet specified a date.
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Super proud of all the blue team gathered and made it happen #nevergetsold #gradatimferociter https : //t.co/f6e2pdnwGn
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