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20 Jul, 10 tweets, 5 min read
The richest man in the world is counting down the minutes to his spacefaring debut.

Jeff Bezos’ and 3 others will take off from a launchpad near Van Horn, Texas, at 6 a.m. Pacific time.

Watch the launch live here:
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The four will be aboard the launch vehicle New Shepard, which was built by Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin.

They will experience just an 11-minute trip to suborbital space, with the vessel’s autonomous flight systems in control of the journey.

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Blue Origin plans to launch tourists past the so-called Karman line 62 miles above Earth, which is often defined as the threshold of space.

The company has not announced the price range or number of tickets available for future flights.

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New Shepard’s mission will follow a sequence familiar from NASA’s Apollo missions and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launches, albeit on a smaller scale.

The system has been tested over the course of 15 missions, which includes tests of the capsule’s escape system.
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Watch live as Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com and owner of the Washington Post, and 3 others take off aboard the launch vehicle New Shepard for its first crewed flight to suborbital space:

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There was a brief 15 minute-hold in the countdown as the timelines got aligned, but it was lifted a few minutes before 6 a.m.

The launch was delayed by about 11 minutes.

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Lift off!

Blue Origin's launch vehicle New Shepard has taken off!

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This marks the first time Blue Origin has launched humans after a series of uncrewed flight tests.

The capsule is expected to land back on Earth about 11 minutes after liftoff. The craft’s autonomous flight systems will be in control of the journey.

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Touch down!

New Shepard capsule successfully lands after riding to the edge of space with an all-civilian crew aboard.

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The capsule landed back on Earth about 10 minutes after liftoff, buoyed by a trio of parachutes.

Read more about the launch and everything that led up to it from @smasunaga and @Amendez2000 at
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