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A Blue Origin capsule carrying Jeff Bezos and three crewmates touches down in the west Texas desert after breaching the boundary of space, the company's live broadcast shows. "A very happy group of people in this capsule," says Bezos to the control room immediately after touchdown. IMAGES
A Blue Origin capsule carrying Jeff Bezos and three crewmates crosses the Karman line that marks the internationally recognized boundary of space, the company's live broadcast shows after the rocket took off from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in Texas. IMAGES
Blue Origin launches its New Shepard rocket carrying six adventurers to the final frontier for the first time in nearly two years, reigniting competition in the space tourism market after a rocket mishap put its crewed operations on hold. The passengers include Black sculptor and former Air Force pilot Ed Dwight, who was controversially spurned by NASA's astronaut corps in the 1960s. The rocket launched around 10:36 am local time (1436 GMT) from the Launch Site One base in west Texas. IMAGES
Star Trek actor William Shatner and his crewmates Chris Boshuizen, Audrey Powers, and Glen de Vries blast off to space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket in Van Horn, Texas. IMAGES
Jeff Bezos tells reporters after Blue Origin's first crewed flight that the "most profound" aspect of his brief journey to space was the spectacular view he saw of Earth, which left him amazed by its beauty and fragility. SOUNDBITE
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